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adumbrationism

adumbrationism noun: the attribution of insights, ideas or analogies absent from original works.

Noun

adumbrationism (uncountable)

  1. The attribution of insights, ideas or analogies absent from original works.

Origin of adumbrationism

From Latin adumbrātiō + English -ism.

Questions about adumbrationism

What does adumbrationism mean?
Adumbrationism means the attribution of insights, ideas or analogies absent from original works.
What part of speech is adumbrationism?
Adumbrationism is a noun.

Words near adumbrationism in the dictionary

  1. adumbrate
  2. adumbrated
  3. adumbrates
  4. adumbrating
  5. adumbration
  6. adumbrationism
  7. adumbrations
  8. adumbrative
  9. adumbratively
  10. adunation
  11. adunations

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