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synonymomania

synonymomania noun: a tendency to refer to the same thing successively by a number of synonyms to avoid repetition.

Noun

synonymomania (uncountable)

  1. A tendency to refer to the same thing successively by a number of synonyms to avoid repetition.

Origin of synonymomania

From synonym + -o- + -mania.

Questions about synonymomania

What does synonymomania mean?
Synonymomania means a tendency to refer to the same thing successively by a number of synonyms to avoid repetition.
What part of speech is synonymomania?
Synonymomania is a noun.

Words near synonymomania in the dictionary

  1. synonymizer
  2. synonymizers
  3. synonymizes
  4. synonymizing
  5. synonymless
  6. synonymomania
  7. synonymous
  8. synonymously
  9. synonymousness
  10. synonyms
  11. synonymum

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