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Meaning of "inarticulacy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INARTICULACY

inarticulacy  [ˌɪnɑːˈtɪkjʊləsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INARTICULACY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inarticulacy 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 INARTICULACY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of inarticulacy in the English dictionary

The definition of inarticulacy in the dictionary is the quality of being inarticulate.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INARTICULACY


accuracy
ˈækjʊrəsɪ
advocacy
ˈædvəkəsɪ
articulacy
ɑːˈtɪkjʊləsɪ
conspiracy
kənˈspɪrəsɪ
democracy
dɪˈmɒkrəsɪ
diplomacy
dɪˈpləʊməsɪ
efficacy
ˈɛfɪkəsɪ
embassy
ˈɛmbəsɪ
esemplasy
ɛsˈɛmpləsɪ
fallacy
ˈfæləsɪ
fantasy
ˈfæntəsɪ
inviolacy
ɪnˈvaɪələsɪ
jealousy
ˈdʒɛləsɪ
legacy
ˈlɛɡəsɪ
literacy
ˈlɪtərəsɪ
pharmacy
ˈfɑːməsɪ
prelacy
ˈprɛləsɪ
privacy
ˈpraɪvəsɪ
Varanasi
vəˈrɑːnəsɪ
Wallasey
ˈwɒləsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INARTICULACY

inappropriateness
inapt
inaptitude
inaptly
inaptness
inarable
inarch
inarguable
inarguably
inarm
inarticulate
inarticulately
inarticulateness
inarticulation
inartificial
inartificially
inartistic
inartistically
inasmuch
inasmuch as

WORDS THAT END LIKE INARTICULACY

adequacy
base rate fallacy
base-rate fallacy
bureaucracy
candidacy
delicacy
gamblers´ fallacy
immaculacy
inaccuracy
intimacy
lacy
legitimacy
naturalistic fallacy
numeracy
pathetic fallacy
piracy
primacy
racy
supremacy
Tracy

Synonyms and antonyms of inarticulacy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «inarticulacy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INARTICULACY

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

Translator English - Chinese

inarticulacy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inarticulacy
570 millions of speakers

English

inarticulacy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

inarticulacy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

inarticulacy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

косноязычие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inarticulação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

inarticulacy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inarticulation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Inarticulacy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unartikuliertheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

inarticulacy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

inarticulacy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inarticulacy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

inarticulacy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

inarticulacy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हट्टीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

suskunluğun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inarticulacy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

inarticulacy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

недорікуватість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inarticulacy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

inarticulacy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

inarticulacy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inarticulacy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

inarticulacy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inarticulacy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INARTICULACY»

The term «inarticulacy» is used very little and occupies the 189.735 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INARTICULACY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INARTICULACY»

Discover the use of inarticulacy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inarticulacy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity
3 ETHICS OF INARTICULACY 3.l In the previous chapter I tried to show the crucial place of qualitative distinctions in defining our identity and making sense of our lives in narrative. But what is their place in moral thought and judgement?
Charles Taylor, 1992
2
Race: A Theological Account
This is the case because of the inarticulacy and illiteracy Plummerfoists on Aunt Esther and even Douglass himself, whosaysthathehadto laborthrough his own inarticulacy, asitwere,to “committo paper the feelings with which [he] beheld [the ...
J. Kameron Carter, 2008
3
The Theatre of Howard Barker
In plays such as Abigail's Part> by Mike Leigh, however, the inarticulacy becomes positively garrulous: the characters talk incessantly but say nothing. Their utterance is largely neurotic behaviourism that dramatises their incapacity for any ...
Charles Lamb, 2005
4
God and Human Dignity
This is shown to be the case because of the speechlessness, inarticulacy, and illiteracy Plummer foists upon Aunt Esther and even upon Douglass himself, who says that he labored, because of the psychological effects of this incident, through ...
R. Kendall Soulen, Linda Woodhead, 2006
5
Howard Barker's Theatre of Seduction
In plays like Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh, however, the inarticulacy becomes positively garrulous: the characters talk incessantly but say nothing. Their utterance is pure neurotic behaviourism which dramatises their incapacity for any genuine ...
Charles Lamb, 2005
6
The Fictions of John Fowles: Power, Creativity, Femininity
... but her looks: "Though direct, it was a timid look. Yet behind it lay a very modern phrase: Come clean, Charles, come clean" (143). This suggests that Sarah's inarticulacy is intended in the novel as a kind of alternate language of female ...
Pamela Cooper, 1991
7
The Cambridge Introduction to the American Short Story
The brevity often arises too from the characters' inarticulacy and their lack of reflectiveness. Instead, what is going on inside them comes out in banal talk or in small actions, sometimes punctuated by sudden outbursts of violence. One thing  ...
Martin Scofield, 2006
8
The Innovative CIO: How IT Leaders Can Drive Business ...
Inarticulacy. All right, so it may be unlikely that an inarticulate person could rise to the level of CIO. In that sense, this I-Negative applies universally. Leaders, even technical leaders, must have the ability to express themselves clearly and to ...
Andi Mann, George Watt, Peter Matthews, 2012
9
A Sociology of Religious Emotion
Emotions,. language,. and. inarticulacy. Just as emotions can be stabilized, objectified, communicated, and shaped by symbolic-material objects, so they can by language. As we have seen, there is no need to draw a sharp distinction between ...
Ole Riis, Linda Woodhead, 2010
10
Shadows of War: A Social History of Silence in the Twentieth ...
In the Sora tribe in India, the period embracing their conversion to Baptist Christianity, and their leaving behind shamanistic practices, is marked by what Vitebsky describes as 'moments of inarticulacy'. What has been silenced are their  ...
Efrat Ben-Ze’ev, Ruth Ginio, Jay Winter, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INARTICULACY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inarticulacy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Quiet please, genius at work
Only inarticulacy could have prevented him from making pertinent and authoritative contributions, and expressing himself has never been a ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
2
What it's like to write speeches for a rude, rambling and disgraced …
When the governor noticed that a whiteboard hadn't been updated with his latest goals, he collapsed “into a fit of angry inarticulacy.” And in a ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Jason Statham: A comedian all along
“She was just ... great,” he says, amused by his own inarticulacy. “For myself, it's not something I've been accustomed to experimenting with.”. «gulfnews.com, Jun 15»
4
Football's ugliness is integral to the beautiful game
... such stupidity and mean-spiritedness from the spectators who watch it or such dogged inarticulacy from the pundits who comment on it. «The Independent, Jun 15»
5
Voges' barren years forgotten in a second
Hornby could not find words to describe what he felt that evening in May 1989, but in his very inarticulacy he defined its power. "I can recall ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jun 15»
6
Jason Statham: 'Do I want to be the next James Bond? Absolutely'
“She was just … great,” he says, amused by his own inarticulacy. “For myself, it's not something I've been accustomed to experimenting with.” ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
7
The Household Spirit by Tod Wodicka, book review: Misfits on the …
Howie is trapped by a crippling inarticulacy, resigned to his fate as a meek-mannered man with the face of a war criminal. Emily suffers from ... «The Independent, May 15»
8
Inside the Ridsdale child sexual abuse inquiry
And as frustrated as I was by his memory lapses and opacity and inarticulacy – not to mention my distraction by his bizarre defence of having ... «The Saturday Paper, May 15»
9
King Lear, Northern Broadsides, Touring
In fact, the entire tragedy starts with inarticulacy, Cordelia's inability to express the love she feels for her father. It seems that Dr Miller has seized ... «The Arts Desk, May 15»
10
Matchbox Theatre review – sketchy Michael Frayn show proves …
Cohabitation, Frayn suggests, leads to a calculated inarticulacy that prompts one partner to complete the other's sentences or a wife to expect ... «The Guardian, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Inarticulacy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/inarticulacy>. Apr 2024 ».
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