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dozenalism

dozenalism noun: the belief that people should use a base 12, or duodecimal, number system instead of decimal.

Noun

dozenalism (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The belief that people should use a base 12, or duodecimal, number system instead of decimal.

Origin of dozenalism

From dozenal + -ism.

Questions about dozenalism

What does dozenalism mean?
Dozenalism means the belief that people should use a base 12, or duodecimal, number system instead of decimal.
What part of speech is dozenalism?
Dozenalism is a noun.

Words near dozenalism in the dictionary

  1. doze offs
  2. dozed
  3. dozed off
  4. dozen
  5. dozenal
  6. dozenalism
  7. dozenalist
  8. dozenalists
  9. dozenals
  10. dozenful
  11. dozenfuls

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