Jocularism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A jokingly contrived word or term. countable

    "It is clear from the contexts in which the terms appear that these terms were thought of as jocularisms from the British perspective, again demonstrating the power imbalance of the era."

  2. 2
    The act or practice of joking. uncountable

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"It is clear from the contexts in which the terms appear that these terms were thought of as jocularisms from the British perspective, again demonstrating the power imbalance of the era."

Etymology

From jocular + -ism.

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