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dysphemia

dysphemia noun: a speech impediment characterized by stammering or stuttering usually resulting from emotional or psychological causes.

Noun

dysphemia (countable and uncountable, plural dysphemias)

  1. A speech impediment characterized by stammering or stuttering usually resulting from emotional or psychological causes.
  2. (obsolete) The replacement of a word or phrase with a more vulgar or offensive substitute.

Antonyms of dysphemia

Forms of dysphemia

pluraldysphemias

Origin of dysphemia

From dys- + -phemia.

Questions about dysphemia

What does dysphemia mean?
Dysphemia means a speech impediment characterized by stammering or stuttering usually resulting from emotional or psychological causes.
What part of speech is dysphemia?
Dysphemia is a noun.
What is the plural of dysphemia?
The plural of dysphemia is dysphemias.

Words near dysphemia in the dictionary

  1. dysphania
  2. dysphasia
  3. dysphasias
  4. dysphasic
  5. dysphasics
  6. dysphemia
  7. dysphemias
  8. dysphemism
  9. dysphemisms
  10. dysphemistic
  11. dysphemistically

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