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imbecilism

imbecilism noun: imbecility.

Noun

imbecilism (uncountable)

  1. imbecility

Origin of imbecilism

From imbecile + -ism.

Questions about imbecilism

What does imbecilism mean?
Imbecilism means imbecility.
What part of speech is imbecilism?
Imbecilism is a noun.

Words near imbecilism in the dictionary

  1. imbecilely
  2. imbeciles
  3. imbecilic
  4. imbecilically
  5. imbecilification
  6. imbecilism
  7. imbecilitate
  8. imbecilitated
  9. imbecilitates
  10. imbecilitating
  11. imbecilities

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