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terminological inexactitude

terminological inexactitude noun: a lie; falsehood.

Noun

terminological inexactitude (countable and uncountable, plural terminological inexactitudes)

  1. (euphemistic) A lie; falsehood.

terminological inexactitude meaning in Tamil

terminological inexactitude in Tamil

வாய்மையன்மை

Synonyms of terminological inexactitude

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Forms of terminological inexactitude

pluralterminological inexactitudes

Origin of terminological inexactitude

Coined by Winston Churchill campaigning in the 1906 election, and repeated by him in the parliament, : The conditions of the Transvaal ordinance ... cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some risk of terminological inexactitude. — in the parliament 22 February 1906 (quoted in Nigel Rees, Sayings of the Century, 1984) This first usage has only the literal sense of inaccurate terminology, but it was almost immediately taken up as a euphemism meaning an outright lie.

Questions about terminological inexactitude

What does terminological inexactitude mean?
Terminological inexactitude means a lie; falsehood.
What is terminological inexactitude in Tamil?
Terminological inexactitude in Tamil is வாய்மையன்மை. See Terminological inexactitude meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is terminological inexactitude?
Terminological inexactitude is a noun.
What is the plural of terminological inexactitude?
The plural of terminological inexactitude is terminological inexactitudes.

Words near terminological inexactitude in the dictionary

  1. terminographer
  2. terminographers
  3. terminography
  4. terminologic
  5. terminological
  6. terminological inexactitude
  7. terminological inexactitudes
  8. terminologicality
  9. terminologically
  10. terminologies
  11. terminologisation

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