porkishness
porkishness noun: the state or quality of being porkish.
Noun
porkishness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being porkish.
- Sanity appeals and argues; our rulers persevere in their customary porkishness, while we acquiesce and obey.1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter 22, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus
- Peter Bowbrick comments that she might have been responding to the porkishness of the word 'hog'.2003, Morwenna Griffiths, Feminisms and the Self: The Web of Identity, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- hoggery, piggishness, egoism, egomism, egocentricity, interestedness, me-firstism, philauty, selfhood, selfishness
Synonyms of porkishness
- hoggery
- piggishness
- egoism
- egocentricity
- interestedness
- me-firstism
- selfhood
- selfishness
- self-absorption
- self-centeredness
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Origin of porkishness
From porkish + -ness.
Questions about porkishness
- What does porkishness mean?
- Porkishness means the state or quality of being porkish.
- What part of speech is porkishness?
- Porkishness is a noun.
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