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monkeyism

monkeyism noun: tomfoolery; silly or foolish behaviour.

Noun

monkeyism (countable and uncountable, plural monkeyisms)

  1. Tomfoolery; silly or foolish behaviour.
  2. (dated, derogatory) The Darwinian theory of evolution.

Forms of monkeyism

pluralmonkeyisms

Origin of monkeyism

From monkey + -ism.

Questions about monkeyism

What does monkeyism mean?
Monkeyism means tomfoolery; silly or foolish behaviour.
What part of speech is monkeyism?
Monkeyism is a noun.
What is the plural of monkeyism?
The plural of monkeyism is monkeyisms.

Words near monkeyism in the dictionary

  1. monkeying around
  2. monkeying up
  3. monkeyish
  4. monkeyishly
  5. monkeyishness
  6. monkeyism
  7. monkeyisms
  8. monkeykind
  9. monkeyless
  10. monkeylike
  11. monkeynut

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