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spectatoritis

spectatoritis noun: a preference to observe an activity as a spectator rather than to take part oneself.

Noun

spectatoritis (uncountable)

  1. A preference to observe an activity as a spectator rather than to take part oneself.

Origin of spectatoritis

From spectator + -itis.

Questions about spectatoritis

What does spectatoritis mean?
Spectatoritis means a preference to observe an activity as a spectator rather than to take part oneself.
What part of speech is spectatoritis?
Spectatoritis is a noun.

Words near spectatoritis in the dictionary

  1. spectatorial
  2. spectatorially
  3. spectatories
  4. spectatoring
  5. spectatorism
  6. spectatoritis
  7. spectatorless
  8. spectators
  9. spectatorship
  10. spectatorships
  11. spectatory

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