Denying the sesquipedalian is but mere floccinaucinihilipilification.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification
//ˌflɒksɪˌnɔːsɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃn//
Synonyms for "floccinaucinihilipilification"
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Translations
9 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- презрителност noun (act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 把某東西看作是無價值的 /把某东西看作是无价值的 noun (act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant)
Dutch
1 entries- geringschatting noun (act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant)
Finnish
1 entries- vähättely noun (act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant)
Latin
1 entries- floccinaucinihilipilificatio noun (act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant)
Malay
1 entries- memperkecil noun (act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant)
Norwegian
1 entries- bagatellisering noun (act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant)
Swedish
2 entries- bagatellisering noun (act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant)
- förringning noun (act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
I loved him for nothing so much as his flocci-nauci-nihili-pili-fication of money.
Source: wiktionary
There is a systematic flocci-nauci-nihili-pilification of all other aspects of existence that angers me.
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Let me toss an oxymoronic morsel onto the stage of discussion right at this point—to use one of Jackie Gleason’s phrases, “how sweet it is” that, at last, we seem at last to be getting away from the splendiferous floccinaucinihilipilifications, in which we have engaged during these last several days.
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