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comparisonitis

comparisonitis noun: the compulsion to compare one’s accomplishments to another’s to determine relative importance, etc.

Noun

comparisonitis (uncountable)

  1. The compulsion to compare one’s accomplishments to another’s to determine relative importance, etc.

Origin of comparisonitis

From comparison + -itis.

Questions about comparisonitis

What does comparisonitis mean?
Comparisonitis means the compulsion to compare one’s accomplishments to another’s to determine relative importance, etc.
What part of speech is comparisonitis?
Comparisonitis is a noun.

Words near comparisonitis in the dictionary

  1. comparison shops
  2. comparison-shop
  3. comparison-shopped
  4. comparison-shopping
  5. comparison-shops
  6. comparisonitis
  7. comparisons
  8. comparisonwise
  9. comparitive
  10. comparograph
  11. comparographs

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