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tautism

tautism noun: the incommunicative state of a person immersed in a virtual world.

Noun

tautism (uncountable)

  1. The incommunicative state of a person immersed in a virtual world.

Origin of tautism

Blend of tautology + autism, coined by Lucien Sfez.

Questions about tautism

What does tautism mean?
Tautism means the incommunicative state of a person immersed in a virtual world.
What part of speech is tautism?
Tautism is a noun.

Words near tautism in the dictionary

  1. tautens
  2. tauter
  3. tautest
  4. tauting
  5. tautish
  6. tautism
  7. tautline
  8. tautliner
  9. tautliners
  10. tautlines
  11. tautly

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