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lilliputianism

lilliputianism noun: the quality or tendency of being very small.

Noun (1)

lilliputianism (uncountable)

  1. The quality or tendency of being very small.
    Synonyms:
    minuteness, tininess

Noun (2) capitalized: Lilliputianism

Lilliputianism (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of lilliputianism.

Synonyms of lilliputianism

Forms of lilliputianism

alternative formLilliputianism

Origin of lilliputianism

From lilliputian + -ism; from the name of a fictional island called Lilliput in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.

Questions about lilliputianism

What does lilliputianism mean?
Lilliputianism means the quality or tendency of being very small.
What part of speech is lilliputianism?
Lilliputianism is a noun.

Words near lilliputianism in the dictionary

  1. lillipilli
  2. lillipillis
  3. lilliput
  4. lilliputian
  5. Lilliputian vision
  6. lilliputianism
  7. lilliputianize
  8. lilliputianized
  9. lilliputianizes
  10. lilliputianizing
  11. Lilliputianly

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