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PRONUNCIATION OF APISHNESS

apishness  [ˈeɪpɪʃnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APISHNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Apishness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES APISHNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of apishness in the English dictionary

The definition of apishness in the dictionary is the characteristic qualities of an ape. Other definition of apishness is thoughtless imitation.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH APISHNESS


bearishness
ˈbɛərɪʃnəs
blimpishness
ˈblɪmpɪʃnəs
bluishness
ˈbluːɪʃnəs
boyishness
ˈbɔɪɪʃnəs
brackishness
ˈbrækɪʃnəs
bullishness
ˈbʊlɪʃnəs
dampishness
ˈdæmpɪʃnəs
dumpishness
ˈdʌmpɪʃnəs
Englishness
ˈɪŋɡlɪʃnəs
frumpishness
ˈfrʌmpɪʃnəs
girlishness
ˈɡɜːlɪʃnəs
greenishness
ˈɡriːnɪʃnəs
grumpishness
ˈɡrʌmpɪʃnəs
impishness
ˈɪmpɪʃnəs
Jewishness
ˈdʒuːɪʃnəs
lumpishness
ˈlʌmpɪʃnəs
mopishness
ˈməʊpɪʃnəs
reddishness
ˈrɛdɪʃnəs
uppishness
ˈʌpɪʃnəs
waspishness
ˈwɒspɪʃnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APISHNESS

apical
apically
apices
apician
apiculate
apicultural
apiculture
apiculturist
apiculus
apiece
Apiezon
apimania
apiol
apiology
Apis
apish
apishly
apism
apitherapy
apivorous

WORDS THAT END LIKE APISHNESS

Britishness
business
Caithness
childishness
foolishness
foppishness
freshness
harshness
highness
lushness
much of a muchness
rashness
richness
roughness
Royal Highness
selfishness
smoothness
stylishness
thoroughness
toughness
unselfishness

Synonyms and antonyms of apishness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «apishness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APISHNESS

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The translations of apishness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «apishness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

apishness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

apishness
570 millions of speakers

English

apishness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

apishness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

apishness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

apishness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

apishness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

apishness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

apishness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keburukan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

apishness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

apishness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

apishness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Apishness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

apishness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

apishness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मत्सर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

apishness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

apishness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

apishness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

apishness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

apishness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

apishness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

apishness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

apishness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

apishness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of apishness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «APISHNESS»

The term «apishness» is used very little and occupies the 154.718 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «APISHNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «apishness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «apishness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about apishness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APISHNESS»

Discover the use of apishness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to apishness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Generation of Edward Hyde: The Animal Within, from Plato ...
... eye-witnesses and natural philosophers. It would be incautious, therefore, to conclude that Hyde's apishness is a defining sign of his evil nature. His apishness no doubt reveals his archaic origins, but the primitive is not necessarily the evil.
Jay Bland, 2010
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A Grammatical Analyzer; Or, The Derivation and Definition of ...
If to the word apish the suffix ness is added, it becomes apishness. The quality expressed by the word apish now has an abstract existence, tho idea of which is expressed by the word apishness. It belongs to the class of words known as nouns ...
William Jewett Tenney, 1866
3
Bad Modernisms
However, if we read the ape, in its apishness, as a figure not for the black primitive but for the very imitativeness of which ... be argued that in aping apishness, the Blonde Venus gestures at her indebtedness to some unspeci'' apish imitation'' ...
Douglas Mao, Rebecca L. Walkowitz, 2010
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A Grammatical Analyzer: Or, The Derivation and Definition of ...
If to the word apish the suffix ness is added, it becomes apishness. The quality expressed by the word apish now has an abstract existence, the idea of which is expressed by the word apishness. It belongs to the class of words known as nouns ...
William Jewett Tenney, 1868
5
Images of Savages: Ancients [sic] Roots of Modern Prejudice ...
36, 45; revalued 241 2; sexuality 8; skills 241; symholism 8; as term 250 Chap 3 n2 apishness 215: arrested development 155: hlacks 8, 27, 35, 44-9, 204, 227-8; Bushmen 207; Dinka 1 18: literal/metaphorical 44 9: race 216: representations of  ...
Gustav Jahoda, 1999
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Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
Mierwood, in his old dictionary, defines " Apishness, comme apish tricks." My apishness has paid the ransom for my speech, and set it at liberty. Congreve. It [ deism] was treated with that contempt, as suited, and was due, to the apishness of ...
Samuel Johnson, 1827
7
The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)
FOUR. Measuring. Bodies. Two. Case. Studies. on. the. Apishness. of. Undesirables. THE CONCEPT OF EVOLUTION transformed human thought during the nineteenth century. Nearly every question in the life sciences was reformulated in its ...
Stephen Jay Gould, 2006
8
The First [-third] Volume of the Works of Mr. William Congreve
Well, I find my Apishness has paid the Ransome for my Speech,and fet it at Liberty --tho, I confess, I could be well enough p1eas'd to drive on a LoveBargain, in that silent manner ---'twould save a Man a world of Lying and Swearing at the ...
William Congreve, 1710
9
Calvin: Theological Treatises
I call it apishness, because the Supper of our Lord is there counterfeited without reason, just as an ape, capriciously and without discernment, follows what it sees done. This being so, the chief thing which our Lord recommends to us, is to ...
J. K. Reid, 2000
10
Tracts and Treatises of John Calvin, 3 Volumes
I call it apishness, because they there counterfeit the Lord's Supper without reason, just as an ape at random and without discernment imitates what he sees done. 48. THE \VORD OUGHT ALWAYS TO ACCOMPANY THE SAURAMENTS.
John Calvin, 2002

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APISHNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term apishness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Sightseers,' With Alice Lowe and Steve Oram
... howls and triumphantly gesticulates with Kubrickian apishness) suggests for one brief, flickering moment that the class resentment that rattles ... «New York Times, May 13»
2
Why Mormons Should Embrace Evolution: BYU Biology Professor …
There is nothing terribly exceptional or unusual about my apishness, but I thought it necessary to point out, because I want to talk about this a bit. Like many ... «Beliefnet.com, Sep 10»
3
Glimpses of Guyanese History
Incoherence, apishness, sentimentality, uncreativeness. And always the blighting frustration of a land which has got us down. Think for instance ... «Stabroek News, May 09»

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