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heterogenium

heterogenium noun: a change of subject to some irrelevant matter in order to distract the listener.

Noun

heterogenium (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) A change of subject to some irrelevant matter in order to distract the listener.

Questions about heterogenium

What does heterogenium mean?
Heterogenium means a change of subject to some irrelevant matter in order to distract the listener.
What part of speech is heterogenium?
Heterogenium is a noun.

Words near heterogenium in the dictionary

  1. heterogenists
  2. heterogenital
  3. heterogenitality
  4. heterogenitally
  5. heterogenite
  6. heterogenium
  7. heterogenization
  8. heterogenizations
  9. heterogenize
  10. heterogenized
  11. heterogenizes

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