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assentation

assentation noun: insincere or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.

Noun

assentation (countable and uncountable, plural assentations)

  1. Insincere or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.
    • August 10, 1749 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, letter to his son
      Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust.

assentation meaning in Tamil

assentation in Tamil

பணிந்த இசைவு

Forms of assentation

pluralassentations

Origin of assentation

From Latin assentatio. See assent.

Questions about assentation

What does assentation mean?
Assentation means insincere or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.
What is assentation in Tamil?
Assentation in Tamil is பணிந்த இசைவு. See Assentation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is assentation?
Assentation is a noun.
What is the plural of assentation?
The plural of assentation is assentations.

Words near assentation in the dictionary

  1. assemblé
  2. assemblés
  3. Assen
  4. assent
  5. assentaneous
  6. assentation
  7. assentations
  8. assentator
  9. assentatorily
  10. assentators
  11. assentatory

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