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dittoship

dittoship noun: repetition; sameness.

Noun

dittoship (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Repetition; sameness.
    • When a woman has set herself up for a practical dittoship with men, refusing to accept the name of her husband, or have any but a partnership relation with him, she ceases so far to be woman at all.1869, Horace Bushnell, Women's Suffrage, The Reform Against Nature, page 161
    • coarse dittoship of the ballot - signifying exactly the same thing under all the compoundings of merit, motive, aim, purpose, affinity, caprice, in the voters, counting each his numeral one they go in as wants, repentances, sorrows, groanings on account of wrong, needs of help, burdens of...1990, Chicago Theological Seminary, The Chicago Theological Seminary Register, volume 80, page 6

Origin of dittoship

From ditto + -ship.

Questions about dittoship

What does dittoship mean?
Dittoship means repetition; sameness.
What part of speech is dittoship?
Dittoship is a noun.

Words near dittoship in the dictionary

  1. ditton
  2. Ditton Priors
  3. Dittonian
  4. dittons
  5. dittos
  6. dittoship
  7. Dittrick
  8. Dittricks
  9. ditty
  10. ditty bag
  11. ditty bags

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