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dengoid

dengoid adjective: resembling dengue.

Adjective

dengoid (not comparable)

  1. Resembling dengue.
    • a dengoid rash
    • a dengoid fever

Noun capitalized: Dengoid

Dengoid (plural Dengoids)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A Dengist, someone who follows the ideologies held by Deng Xiaoping or simply a supporter of the present day Communist Party of China.
    • ‘Dengoid’ is an insult towards those assumed to follow the strategy of Deng Xiaoping, Chinese political leader in the 1970s-1990s who brought in more market based reforms. Probably not a term you want to use at your next academic conference.2020 September 22, anonymous author, “Can Dengism outmaneuver capital?”, in New Multitude

Forms of dengoid

pluralDengoids

Origin of dengoid

From dengue + -oid.

From Deng + -oid.

Questions about dengoid

What does dengoid mean?
Dengoid means resembling dengue.
What part of speech is dengoid?
Dengoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near dengoid in the dictionary

  1. Dengist
  2. Dengists
  3. Dengler
  4. Denglisch
  5. Denglish
  6. dengoid
  7. Dengoids
  8. Dengonomics
  9. Dengsed
  10. dengue
  11. dengue fever

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