Definitioneering

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of creating, usually by making up, definitions. humorous, rare, uncountable

    "Are we entitled to so define, or is Hook bogged down in a form of "persuasive definitioneering"?"

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"Are we entitled to so define, or is Hook bogged down in a form of "persuasive definitioneering"?"

Etymology

Blend of definition + engineering or from definition + -eer + -ing

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make up

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