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Noun

1. 1
   The practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to build immunity. uncountable

   "Some argue that vaccines are a form of mithridatism; this is generally considered incorrect."

Synonyms

All synonyms

mithridatisationmithridatizationmithridatization

Example

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"Some argue that vaccines are a form of mithridatism; this is generally considered incorrect."

Etymology

From Mithridates (referring to Mithridates VI of Pontus) + -ism.

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