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inarticulation

UK/ˌɪn.ɑː(ɹ).tɪk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/

inarticulation noun: the state of being inarticulate; inarticulateness.

Noun

inarticulation (countable and uncountable, plural inarticulations)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being inarticulate; inarticulateness.
    • "The inarticulation of a fond father in an undemonstrative family setting is brought out admirably..."1976, Uma Parameswaran, A Study of Representative Indo-English Novelists, →ISBN, page 81
  2. (US) Any point in the educational system in which the development of the individual is hindered.
    • "Another traditional source of inarticulation is the requirement of an eighth-grade diploma for entrance to high school."1937, Fred Engelhardt, Alfred Victor Overn, Secondary Education: Principles and Practices, page 124
  3. An inarticulate or underarticulated utterance.
    • "There are some methods of jargonification that became established quite early... These include verb doubling, sound-alike slang, the '-P' convention, overgeneralization, spoken inarticulations, and anthropomorphization."2002, Mad Macz, Internet Underground: The Way of the Hacker, page 111

Forms of inarticulation

pluralinarticulations

Origin of inarticulation

From in- + articulation.

Words that rhyme with inarticulation

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Questions about inarticulation

What does inarticulation mean?
Inarticulation means the state of being inarticulate; inarticulateness.
What part of speech is inarticulation?
Inarticulation is a noun.
How do you pronounce inarticulation?
Inarticulation is pronounced /ˌɪn.ɑː(ɹ).tɪk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of inarticulation?
The plural of inarticulation is inarticulations.

Words near inarticulation in the dictionary

  1. inarticulate
  2. inarticulated
  3. inarticulately
  4. inarticulateness
  5. inarticulates
  6. inarticulation
  7. inarticulations
  8. inartificial
  9. inartificialities
  10. inartificiality
  11. inartificially

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