| ACADEMICISMS | • academicisms n. Plural of academicism. • Academicisms n. Plural of Academicism. • ACADEMICISM n. the doctrine that nothing can be known. |
| ANIMALCULISM | • animalculism n. (Biology, archaic) A theory seeking to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena in terms… • animalculism n. (Biology, archaic) The theory that the spermatozoon and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermatism. • ANIMALCULISM n. the former biological theory that the spermatozoon contains all future generations in germ. |
| BICAMERALISM | • bicameralism n. (Government) The practice of dividing legislative bodies into two chambers with complementary powers… • bicameralism n. (Psychology) Ambiguous misnomer for Julian Jaynes’s theory of bicamerality, probably never used by Jaynes… • BICAMERALISM n. the state of being bicameral, having two chambers. |
| COMMISSARIAL | • commissarial adj. Of or pertaining to a commissary. • COMMISSARIAL adj. of or like a commissar. |
| COMMISSARIAT | • commissariat n. A supply of food. • commissariat n. The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops. • commissariat n. (Historical) A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence. |
| DIAGRAMMATIC | • diagrammatic adj. In the form of a diagram. • diagrammatic adj. Of or pertaining to a diagram or to diagrammatics. • DIAGRAMMATIC adj. of or like a diagram, also DIAGRAMMATICAL. |
| DRAMATICISMS | • dramaticisms n. Plural of dramaticism. • DRAMATICISM n. the quality of being dramatic. |
| EPIGRAMMATIC | • epigrammatic adj. Having the characteristics of an epigram. • epigrammatic adj. Containing or using epigrams. • EPIGRAMMATIC adj. of, relating to, or resembling an epigram, also EPIGRAMMATICAL. |
| GRAMMATICISE | • grammaticise v. Non-Oxford standard spelling of grammaticize. • GRAMMATICISE v. to make grammatical, also GRAMMATICIZE. |
| GRAMMATICISM | • grammaticism n. (Dated) A point or principle of grammar. • GRAMMATICISM n. a point of grammar. |
| GRAMMATICIZE | • grammaticize v. Synonym of grammaticalize (“to make grammatical”). • grammaticize v. Synonym of grammaticalize (“to to cause (something) to be required by the rules of grammar”). • grammaticize v. Synonym of grammaticalize (“to cause to undergo grammaticization/grammaticalization”). |
| IMMACULACIES | • immaculacies n. Plural of immaculacy. • IMMACULACY n. the state of being immaculate. |
| MACADAMISING | • macadamising v. Present participle of macadamise. • MACADAMISE v. to cover a road with small broken stones, also MACADAMIZE. |
| MACADAMIZING | • macadamizing v. Present participle of macadamize. • MACADAMIZE v. to cover a road with small broken stones, also MACADAMISE. |
| MARCATISSIMO | • marcatissimo adv. (Music) Extremely marcato. • MARCATISSIMO adv. in a very marcato manner. |
| PANTOMIMICAL | • pantomimical adj. (Now rare) Expressed or carried out using mime or mimicry. • pantomimical adj. (Now rare) Like or pertaining to a pantomime. • PANTOMIMICAL adj. like a pantomime, also PANTOMIMIC. |
| PRAGMATICISM | • pragmaticism n. A Peircean philosophy based on strict logic, the immutability of truth, the reality of infinity, and… • PRAGMATICISM n. the philosophic doctrine of C. S. Peirce. |
| TIMBROMANIAC | • timbromaniac n. A keen philatelist. • TIMBROMANIAC n. an avid stamp collector. |
| TRIGRAMMATIC | • trigrammatic adj. Containing three letters or characters, or three sets of letters or characters. • TRIGRAMMATIC adj. relating to a trigram, also TRIGRAMMIC. |