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clonism

Meaning of "clonism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLONISM

ˈkləʊnɪzəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLONISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Clonism 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 CLONISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of clonism in the English dictionary

The definition of clonism in the dictionary is a series of clonic spasms.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLONISM

antagonism · anticommunism · Brownism · communism · draconism · equestrianism · exhibitionism · expressionism · feminism · hedonism · humanism · impressionism · isolationism · mechanism · modernism · organism · padronism · post-modernism · urbanism · Zionism

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLONISM

clonal · clonally · clonazepam · clone · cloner · clonic · clonicity · clonidine · cloning · cloning vector · clonk · Clonmel · Clontarf · clonus · Clooney · cloop · cloot · clop · clopped · clopping

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLONISM

abolitionism · abstract expressionism · anachronism · constructionism · creationism · evolutionism · Exchange Rate Mechanism · expansionism · interactionism · interventionism · monism · Mormonism · obstructionism · Parkinsonism · perfectionism · Platonism · protectionism · reductionism · revisionism · trade unionism · unionism

Synonyms and antonyms of clonism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «clonism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLONISM

Find out the translation of clonism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of clonism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «clonism» in English.
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clonism
1,325 millions of speakers
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clonism
570 millions of speakers
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clonism
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clonism
380 millions of speakers
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ترمع
280 millions of speakers
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clonism
278 millions of speakers
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clonism
270 millions of speakers
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clonism
260 millions of speakers
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clonism
220 millions of speakers
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Clonisme
190 millions of speakers
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clonism
180 millions of speakers
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clonism
130 millions of speakers
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clonism
85 millions of speakers
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Clonisme
85 millions of speakers
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clonism
80 millions of speakers
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சொடுக்குத்தொடர்
75 millions of speakers
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क्लोनिझम
75 millions of speakers
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clonism
70 millions of speakers
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clonism
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clonism
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clonism
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clonism
30 millions of speakers
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clonism
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clonism
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clonism
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clonism
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Trends of use of clonism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLONISM»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of clonism
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about clonism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLONISM»

Discover the use of clonism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to clonism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Unnatural Selection: The Challenges of Engineering ...
Clonism. According to the so-called 'living in the shadow' objection to cloning, clones will have bad lives because they will live in the shadow of expectation and be the object of control, disapprobation and so on: We should not create identical  ...
Peter Healey, Steve Rayner, 2012
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Contemporary Debates in Bioethics
Savulescu (2005) has referred to such negative attitudes towards clones as clonism: a new form of discrimination against a group of humans who are different in a nonmorally significant way. But does a fear for “clonism” constitute a good ...
Arthur L. Caplan, Robert Arp, 2013
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Sleep Mechanisms
At this temperature the animals exhibit generalized clonism of the head and limbs , even when they are returned to a warm environment. There is no real shivering, however. During phases of P.S. clonism disappears almost completely.
Konrad Akert, Charles Bally, J. P. Schade ́, 1965
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Lewis' Dictionary of Toxicology
It is very toxic to laboratory mice and rats. clonidine hydrochloride. See clonidine. clonism (clonismus). a condition of repeated clonic spasms. clonismus. clonism. clonus. a rapid or spasmodic alternation of muscular contraction and relaxation.
Robert Alan Lewis, 1998
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The Medical Examiner and General Practitioner: A Journal ...
Tendinous clonism must, therefore, like Babinski's sign, be sought in all applicants; its existence must entail without discussion the rejection of the applicant. The Argyle-Robertson pupil is always pathological; we have seen how great is its ...
6
The Alienist and Neurologist
In intention movements tremor appears, which is intensified in resistance by the physician, temporarily increased to clonism in the quadriceps cruris and gastronemii. Such clonism occurs in the lower extremities from any cutaneous irritation.
Charles Hamilton Hughes, 1903
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
for whatever motives close endogamy has prevailed before, clonism and clonishness will prevail. Clonality as a way of life in the plant world is well understood as an evolutionary cul-de-sac, often associated with hybrid luxuriance. It can be an ...
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The Medical Vocabulary: Containing a Concise Explanation of ...
In Nat. Hist., The pouch into which, in certain animals, is poured the excretions of the intestinal canal. and also of the generative and urinary organs. CLONIC (Gr. klonos, tumult). Applied to convulsion with alternate relaxation. CLONISM (same)  ...
Robert FOWLER (M.D., of Edinburgh.), 1860
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WORD JUDGE USA
... CLONE CLONED CLONER CLONERS CLONES CLONIC CLONICITIES CLONICITY CLONIDINE CLONIDINES CLONING CLONINGS CLONISM CLONISMS CLONK CLONKED CLONKING CLONKS CLONS CLONUS CLONUSES CLOOT ...
Maliha Mendoza Mahmood, 2013
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The Future is Now: America Confronts the New Genetics
Wherever and for whatever motives close endogamy has prevailed before, clonism and clonish- ness will prevail . . . So long as the environment remains static, the members of the clone might congratulate themselves that they had outwitted ...
William Kristol, Eric Cohen, 2002

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLONISM»

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Dead Space 3 Looks Like A Game Nobody Will Like, Says Mafia Dev
Well, clonism is what happened and gamers were completely fed up with every game trying to copy other blockbuster games. Mafia's lead designer also feels ... «Cinema Blend, Nov 12»
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Conjoined Twins, Cloning and Artificial Intelligence
To claim that the clone somehow has few rights or status is an example of “clonism”, or discrimination against clones. This happens in movies ... «Practical Ethics, Oct 12»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Clonism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/clonism>. May 2024 ».
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