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apishness

Meaning of "apishness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF APISHNESS

ˈeɪpɪʃnəs


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 · blimpishness · bluishness · boyishness · brackishness · bullishness · dampishness · dumpishness · Englishness · frumpishness · girlishness · greenishness · grumpishness · impishness · Jewishness · lumpishness · mopishness · reddishness · uppishness · waspishness

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

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Translation of «apishness» into 25 languages

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apishness
1,325 millions of speakers
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apishness
380 millions of speakers
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270 millions of speakers
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apishness
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180 millions of speakers
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apishness
130 millions of speakers
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apishness
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Apishness
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apishness
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apishness
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APISHNESS»

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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»

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'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»
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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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