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The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method.
Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould

Meaning of "insidiousness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INSIDIOUSNESS

insidiousness  [ɪnˈsɪdɪəsnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INSIDIOUSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Insidiousness 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 INSIDIOUSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of insidiousness in the English dictionary

The definition of insidiousness in the dictionary is the quality or state of being stealthy, subtle, cunning, or treacherous. Other definition of insidiousness is working in a subtle or apparently innocuous way, but nevertheless deadly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INSIDIOUSNESS


commodiousness
kəˈməʊdɪəsnəs
compendiousness
kəmˈpɛndɪəsnəs
copiousness
ˈkəʊpɪəsnəs
courteousness
ˈkɜːtɪəsnəs
curiousness
ˈkjʊərɪəsnəs
dubiousness
ˈdjuːbɪəsnəs
gloriousness
ˈɡlɔːrɪəsnəs
heterogeneousness
ˌhɛtərəˈdʒiːnɪəsnəs
hilariousness
hɪˈleərɪəsnəs
imperviousness
ɪmˈpɜːvɪəsnəs
incommodiousness
ˌɪnkəˈməʊdɪəsnəs
invidiousness
ɪnˈvɪdɪəsnəs
joyousness
ˈdʒɔɪəsnəs
melodiousness
mɪˈləʊdɪəsnəs
mysteriousness
mɪˈstɪərɪəsnəs
obliviousness
əˈblɪvɪəsnəs
penuriousness
pɪˈnjʊərɪəsnəs
piousness
ˈpaɪəsnəs
unmelodiousness
ˌʌnmɪˈləʊdɪəsnəs
unseriousness
ʌnˈsɪərɪəsnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INSIDIOUSNESS

inside
inside forward
inside job
inside lane
inside leg
inside leg measurement
inside of
inside out
inside track
inside-left
inside-right
insider
insider dealer
insider dealing
insider trader
insider trading
insides
insidious
insidiously
insight

WORDS THAT END LIKE INSIDIOUSNESS

biliousness
business
carelessness
consciousness
deliciousness
deviousness
flawlessness
heedlessness
helplessness
homelessness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
preciousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
statelessness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of insidiousness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «insidiousness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INSIDIOUSNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

阴险
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

insidia
570 millions of speakers

English

insidiousness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

insidiousness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغدر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

коварство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

insidiousness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

insidiousness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

insidieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Insidiousness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Heimtücke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

insidiousness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

insidiousness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Insidiousness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xảo quyệt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

insidiousness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कपटीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hainlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

insidia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

insidiousness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підступність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

insidiousness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπουλότητας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

insidiousness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

insidiousness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

insidiousness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of insidiousness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INSIDIOUSNESS»

The term «insidiousness» is normally little used and occupies the 143.433 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INSIDIOUSNESS» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «INSIDIOUSNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word insidiousness.
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Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould
The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INSIDIOUSNESS»

Discover the use of insidiousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to insidiousness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Essays of Multiple Sorts ~~Two~~: (Various Nonverse Attempts)
INSIDIOUSNESS. Existence crawls. Its motions grab us. We soon have noticed a few disparities. The bounce that was is tossed; the smile that stayed is stuffed. The world, though, remains relatively calm. It sloughs and hurls us, but all is almost ...
Bruce Howard Hamilton, 2012
2
Un-American Womanhood: Antiradicalism, Antifeminism, and the ...
The. Insidiousness. of. Peace. Red. Scare. Antifeminists. and. the. War. Department. Stunned by the violence of World War I, many U.S. women hoped that they, in cooperation with European women, could use their newly gained franchise to ...
Kim E. Nielsen, 2001
3
Multiobjective Shape Design in Electricity and Magnetism
4.5. Insidiousness. of. Direct. Problems. The various models, presented in the Chapter in terms of either fields or potentials, provide a way to solve the direct electromagnetic problem: given the domain (field region), the source (a current or a ...
Paolo Di Barba, 2009
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Sermons on doctrinal and moral subjects
The insidiousness of sin ; the secret but steady progress with which it gains certain ascendancy over its victims ; is a subject full of warning and instruction of the greatest importance. Sin very often begins in a lurking desire, which, as it obtains ...
George Washington Montgomery, 1850
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Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations: A Collection ...
SCIENCE, INSIDIOUSNESS OF Gerould, Katherine Fullerton American writer 1879–1944 The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method. You could ignore a subject; no subject is all-inclusive. But a method can  ...
Carl C. Gaither, Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither, 2012
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Behind Valkyrie: German Resistance to Hitler, Documents
Eine Dokumentation zum Kirchenkampf, vol. 2, 1020–1. The Insidiousness Law ( Law against Insidious Attacks against the State and Party and for the Protection of the Party Uniform – “Gesetz gegen heimtückische Angriffe auf Staat und Partei  ...
Peter Hoffmann, 2011
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Making Disease, Making Citizens: The Politics of Hepatitis C
As in the case we described earlier of the assignment of failure to patients rather than to medical treatment, mystery, uncertainty and even 'insidiousness' are usually located outside scientific practice by positioning them explicitly in the virus.
Assoc Prof Suzanne Fraser, Dr Kate Seear, 2013
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A dictionary of the Bengalee language: in which the words ...
(from 1811!, deceiving), deceitfulness, insidiousness, perfidy, knavery. 1311“! a. ( from 31mm, deceiving), deceitfulness ', insidiousness, pertidy, ltnavery. .1. ,, u'i' it, “ 13W". 8- (fl'om '1. prep. and t: to pan over), deceit, imH posture, fraud, a triclr, ...
William Carey, 1825
9
Labeling: Pedagogy and Politics
(Lee 1996: 5) This 'insidiousness' of the 'model minority' label is a seductive force which can lure those labeled into contributing to its reification, because, after all, which one of us would not want to know ourselves as 'successful' and be ...
Glenn Hudak, Paul and Kiln, 2014
10
Where All Our Journeys End
For as we have already learned being in the presence of evil can draw one into its insidiousness. Yet to walk away from evil, to subvert being corrupted by it, to live through a force that attempts to destroy, to choose to embrace goodness ...
C. Lynn Anderson, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INSIDIOUSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term insidiousness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Honoring Confederates is not racism - The Diamondback : Opinion
... the flag truly embodies hatred and racism, and their claims to ancestral ties, valid or not, are phony attempts to mask their insidiousness. «Diamondback Online, Jul 15»
2
The Cult of Conversion & Confession
But that's part of the insidiousness of it, you see. Separate you from your family and your non-cult friends. When you are only around people ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Why I hate Amazon Prime Day with a passion
The Apple analogy helps put Prime Day's insidiousness, and the huge online hype behind it, into context. Apple Day would be designed to get ... «Digital Trends, Jul 15»
4
These Roots Were Made for Talking
Conflict: between cultures, regions, men and women; the American army's first prolonged occupation of an enemy city; the insidiousness of ... «Houstonia Magazine, Jul 15»
5
A National Outrage: Your Tax Dollars Pay For Damaging Religiously …
has been undermining a woman's body autonomy for decades; none of us were prepared for the mean-spirited insidiousness of the backlash ... «PoliticusUSA, Jul 15»
6
Islamic State Wages War on Religious Freedom
In this context, one truly understands the absolute insidiousness of this group as they single out “People of the Cross.” Christianity may not pose ... «Acton Institute, Jul 15»
7
The Impact of Politicization of Kenya's Security Agencies: Repeat …
Aside from the oftentimes blatant incompetence of those at the helm of the security agencies, another disturbing outcome of the insidiousness ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
8
The Aftermath Of Bill Cosby's Admission? That's Rape Culture.
But in the intervening hours since the report first emerged, the realities of rape culture -- its insidiousness and pervasiveness -- have become all ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
9
General Convention: Speaking up, in big and small ways, about race
... will help to bridge the divide deep and wide within our church and sensitize us to the insidiousness of racism and injustice in our church.”. «Episcopal News Service, Jul 15»
10
Suite Française Saul Dibb
Without a clear tone or a theme that remains consistent — the setup of examining human insidiousness gives way to a confused look at ... «Exclaim!, Jul 15»

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