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thaumasmus

thaumasmus noun: the presentation of something as a marvel rather than in a neutrally descriptive way.

Noun

thaumasmus (countable and uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) The presentation of something as a marvel rather than in a neutrally descriptive way.

Origin of thaumasmus

From Latin, from Ancient Greek θαυμασμός (thaumasmós, “a wondering”).

Questions about thaumasmus

What does thaumasmus mean?
Thaumasmus means the presentation of something as a marvel rather than in a neutrally descriptive way.
What part of speech is thaumasmus?
Thaumasmus is a noun.

Words near thaumasmus in the dictionary

  1. thaumarcheotal
  2. Thaumas
  3. thaumascope
  4. thaumascopes
  5. thaumasite
  6. thaumasmus
  7. thaumastodermatid
  8. thaumastodermatids
  9. thaumat-
  10. thaumatichthyid
  11. thaumatichthyids

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