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paeanismos

paeanismos is the alternative form of paenismus.

Meaning of paenismus

Noun

paenismus (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech consisting of a call for others to rejoice or exult over something, rather than merely stating the fact; an expression of feeling by calling on others to rejoice.

Origin of paeanismos

From Ancient Greek παιανισμός (paianismós). Variant spelling of paenismus.

Questions about paeanismos

What is paeanismos the alternative form of?
Paeanismos is the alternative form of paenismus.

Words near paeanismos in the dictionary

  1. PAE
  2. paean
  3. paeaned
  4. paeaning
  5. paeanism
  6. paeanismos
  7. paeanisms
  8. paeans
  9. paedagogic
  10. paedagogical
  11. paedagogically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paeanismos (page history and authors); paenismus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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