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Meaning of "epicenism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EPICENISM

epicenism  [ˈɛpɪˌsiːnɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPICENISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Epicenism 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 EPICENISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Epicene

Epicene is an adjective that indicates lack of gender distinction, often specifically loss of masculinity. It includes: ▪ effeminacy — a man with characteristics that are traditionally feminine ▪ androgyny — having both masculine and feminine characteristics, or ▪ asexuality — a lack of sexual characteristics.

Definition of epicenism in the English dictionary

The definition of epicenism in the dictionary is the state or quality of having the characteristics of both sexes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPICENISM


antagonism
ænˈtæɡəˌnɪzəm
communism
ˈkɒmjʊˌnɪzəm
equestrianism
ɪˈkwɛstrɪənɪzəm
exhibitionism
ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃəˌnɪzəm
expressionism
ɪkˈsprɛʃəˌnɪzəm
feminism
ˈfɛmɪˌnɪzəm
gombeenism
ˈɡɒmbiːnɪzəm
hedonism
ˈhiːdəˌnɪzəm
humanism
ˈhjuːməˌnɪzəm
impressionism
ɪmˈprɛʃəˌnɪzəm
isolationism
ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃəˌnɪzəm
mechanism
ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm
modernism
ˈmɒdəˌnɪzəm
opportunism
ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪzəm
organism
ˈɔːɡəˌnɪzəm
plenism
ˈpliːnɪzəm
post-modernism
ˌpəʊstˈmɒdənɪzəm
routinism
ruːˈtiːnɪzəm
urbanism
ˈɜːbəˌnɪzəm
Zionism
ˈzaɪəˌnɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPICENISM

epicardia
epicardiac
epicardial
epicardium
epicarp
epicedia
epicedial
epicedian
epicedium
epicene
epicenter
epicentral
epicentre
epicheirema
epichlorohydrin
epicier
epicism
epicist
epicleses
epiclesis

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPICENISM

alienism
catechumenism
ecumenism
eugenism
Exchange Rate Mechanism
Galenism
heathenism
Hellenism
hoydenism
hyphenism
Jansenism
lichenism
monogenism
New Urbanism
Panhellenism
phenomenism
philhellenism
phrenism
polygenism
tokenism

Synonyms and antonyms of epicenism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «epicenism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EPICENISM

Find out the translation of epicenism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of epicenism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «epicenism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

epicenism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

epicenism
570 millions of speakers

English

epicenism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

epicenism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

epicenism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

epicenism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

epicenism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

epicenism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

epicenism
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Epikenisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

epicenism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

epicenism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

epicenism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Epicenism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

epicenism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

epicenism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Epicenism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

epicenism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

epicenism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

epicenism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

epicenism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

epicenism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

epicenism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

epicenism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

epicenism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

epicenism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of epicenism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EPICENISM»

The term «epicenism» is used very little and occupies the 164.352 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about epicenism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPICENISM»

Discover the use of epicenism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to epicenism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Best Words
epicenism. (EP-i-seen-iz-em) noun. erinaceous. (er-i-NEY-shes) adjective relating to or resembling a hedgehog. We came together, not to combat, but to share, one another's interests; not to promulgate our own views, but to tempt others to the ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
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Authority and Reform: Religious and Educational Discourses ...
... 172-73, 178, 328-29n.57; sermons, 152-55, 163, 169, 182, 323n.8, 324n.12, 324n.14, 330n.73; "Spiritual Laws," 165, 174; "The Transcendentalism" 333n.7; " Woman," 336n.22 Epicenism: Louisa May Alcott and, 270, 272, 347n.53, 348n.64 ; ...
Mark G. Vásquez, 2003
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Women and Sport: From Myth to Reality
EPICENISM: A STEP BEYOND ANDROGYNY The androgynous person is one who is able to perform and feel instrumentally and expressively. And sport, viewed androgynously, allows for both instrumental and expressive activity. However ...
Carole A. Oglesby, 1978
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Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers
Miss Charlotte Saunders, whose epicenism is generally anything but pleasant, is herein very funny and quite inoffensive, and Mr. Vollaire's Jew is as good in its way as was Mr. Vincent's Melter Moss. Last of all, I penetrated to the Grecian, and  ...
5
Essays on the Drama and on Popular Amusements
Even Shakespeare sometimes slides into the temptation which this epicenism presents to unlicensed wit. But where Shakespeare merely stumbled, his contemporaries fell ; and none fell lower at times than Fletcher. The appearance of ladies ...
William Bodham Donne, 1863
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ElderSpeak: A Thesaurus or Compendium of Words Related to ...
n. epicenism. See sex, love. See tiredness, weakness. See role. epigone (ep'pi- gōn) n. a follower; of a later—and presumably inferior—generation; used especially literarily or artistically; a mediocre imitator or follower of an important person.
James L. Reynolds, MD, 2014
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Essays on the drama
Even Shakespeare sometimes slides into the temptation which this epicenism presents to unlicensed wit. But where Shakespeare merely stumbled, his contemporaries fell ; and none fell lower at times than Fletcher. The appearance of ladies ...
William Bodham Donne, 1858
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Fraser's Magazine
Even Shakspere sometimes slides into the temptation which this epicenism presents to unlicensed wit. But where Shakspere merely stumbled, his contemporaries fell; and none fell lower at times than Fletcher. The appearance of ladies in ...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, 1850
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Henry James's Thwarted Love
Underlying James's hostility to Pater is a (dis)identification with epicenism and preciosity, a reaction to the increasing legibility of homosexuality through the efforts of the sexologists, journalists, and aesthetes themselves.16 As it happens,  ...
Wendy Graham, 1999
10
A Lexicon of Lunacy
Epicenism (the state or quality of combining characteristics of both sexes) Erethism Erotomania Estranged Euphoria Excitement Exhibitionism Extravagant Extroversion Factitial illness Factitious illness Faker Falling apart Fanatic Far gone Far ...
Thomas Szasz, 1993

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EPICENISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term epicenism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Queerness Considered
... forever associated “the love that dare not speak its name” with effeminacy and epicenism. Positing same-sex attraction as the consequence ... «Harvard Crimson, Sep 13»

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