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jocularism

jocularism noun: a jokingly contrived word or term.

Noun

jocularism (plural jocularisms)

  1. (countable) A jokingly contrived word or term.
    • It is clear from the contexts in which the terms appear that these terms were thought of as jocularisms from the British perspective, again demonstrating the power imbalance of the era.2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 254
  2. (uncountable) The act or practice of joking.

Forms of jocularism

pluraljocularisms

Origin of jocularism

From jocular + -ism.

Questions about jocularism

What does jocularism mean?
Jocularism means a jokingly contrived word or term.
What part of speech is jocularism?
Jocularism is a noun.
What is the plural of jocularism?
The plural of jocularism is jocularisms.

Words near jocularism in the dictionary

  1. Jocson
  2. Jocsons
  3. jocteleg
  4. joctelegs
  5. jocular
  6. jocularism
  7. jocularisms
  8. jocularities
  9. jocularity
  10. jocularly
  11. jocularness

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