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Meaning of "moronism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MORONISM

moronism  [ˈmɔːrɒnˌɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MORONISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Moronism 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 MORONISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Moron (psychology)

Moron is a term once used in psychology to denote mild intellectual disability. The term was closely tied with the American eugenics movement. Once the term became popularized, it fell out of use by the psychological community, as it was used more commonly as an insult than as a psychological term.

Definition of moronism in the English dictionary

The definition of moronism in the dictionary is the fact or an instance of being moronic. Other definition of moronism is the least severe grade of mental retardation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MORONISM


Arminianism
ɑːˈmɪnɪənˌɪzəm
charlatanism
ˈʃɑːlətənˌɪzəm
fruitarianism
fruːˈtɛərɪənˌɪzəm
futilitarianism
fjuːˌtɪlɪˈteərɪənˌɪzəm
hoydenism
ˈhɔɪdənˌɪzəm
Jacobinism
ˈdʒækəbɪnˌɪzəm
Keynesianism
ˈkeɪnzɪənˌɪzəm
libertinism
ˈlɪbətɪnˌɪzəm
lionism
ˈlaɪənˌɪzəm
mandarinism
ˈmændərɪnˌɪzəm
Moravianism
məˈreɪvɪənˌɪzəm
Neo-Darwinism
ˌniːəʊˈdɑːwɪnˌɪzəm
paeanism
ˈpiːənˌɪzəm
plebeianism
pləˈbiːənˌɪzəm
polydaemonism
ˌpɒlɪˈdaɪmənˌɪzəm
revolutionism
ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənˌɪzəm
sectarianism
sɛkˈtɛərɪənˌɪzəm
tectonism
ˈtɛktənˌɪzəm
Victorianism
vɪkˈtɔːrɪənˌɪzəm
Zoroastrianism
ˌzɒrəʊˈæstrɪənˌɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MORONISM

morning-glories
morning-glory
mornings
Moro
Moroccan
morocco
moron
Moroni
moronic
moronically
moronity
morose
morosely
moroseness
morosity
Morpeth
morph
morph.
morphactin
morphallaxes

WORDS THAT END LIKE MORONISM

abolitionism
abstract expressionism
antagonism
constructionism
creationism
evolutionism
exhibitionism
expansionism
expressionism
hedonism
impressionism
interventionism
isolationism
mechanism
monism
Mormonism
perfectionism
Platonism
reductionism
trade unionism
Zionism

Synonyms and antonyms of moronism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «moronism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MORONISM

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

Translator English - Chinese

痴愚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

moronism
570 millions of speakers

English

moronism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

moronism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

moronism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

moronism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

moronism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

moronism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

moronism
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Moronisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwachsinn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

moronism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

moronism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Moronism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

moronism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

moronism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मूर्खपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

moronism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stupidità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

moronism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

moronism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

moronism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

moronism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

moronism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

moronism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

moronism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of moronism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MORONISM»

The term «moronism» is used very little and occupies the 172.264 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MORONISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «moronism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «moronism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MORONISM»

Discover the use of moronism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to moronism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Foucault's Pendulum
How's that?" "My God — to use the mot juste — I wouldn't know. A moronism or not?" "It is, definitely, even if it were true. Violates one of the laws of syllogisms: universal conclusions cannot be drawn from two particulars." "And what if you were ...
Umberto Eco, 2007
2
Howard Andrew Knox: Pioneer of Intelligence Testing at Ellis ...
Knox (1913f) stated that the key problem facing the physicians at Ellis Island was to differentiate between moronism and ignorance. This was the original purpose of the performance tests, and he claimed that as a result of developing their tests  ...
John T. E. Richardson, 2013
3
Indian English Through Newspapers
Context: "Affordable Moronism", written about Indian popmusic. The word ' modernism' is replaced by 'Moronism' which reflects the pronunciation of the common, the mass. Process: Metanalysis. 30. Womantra v , Woman + mantra KarKhan ...
Asima Ranjan Parhi, 2008
4
Man Is My Theme: A Study of National and Individual Conduct 1939
Contents: Pertaining to Politics; Pertaining to Religion; Pertaining to Various Phases of Life; Moronism in America: American Naiveti; Various Forms of Moronism.
Cyril Scott, 2004
5
Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside
people, dislike others. Like everyone else who hasn't been reduced to moronism by our commercial Boy Scout ethic, I like my friends, dislike my enemies and regard strangers with a tolerant indifference. But why, the questioner insists, why do ...
Edward Abbey, 1984
6
In Cold Sweat: Interviews with Really Scary Musicians
Chapter Twenty-one Artistry, Craft smanship , and Low-Grade Moronism I have two more questions, and we covered both of them, but I just wanted to clarify. Artistry versus craftsmanship: As I recall, you said Saturday that you don't view ...
Thomas Wictor, 2001
7
Flannery O'Connor and the Mystery of Love
Moronism is the human mind locked into its own unacknowledged limitations and therefore cut off from the magnificent silver streaks in the sky that make us wholly human. The moronism of Enoch Emery serves as a warning to Taulkinham and ...
‎1999
8
Cohomological Theory of Crystals Over Function Fields
An object U of a category (£ is called a generator of (£ if for every non-zero moronism / : M — ▻ N in (£ there exists a moronism g : £/ — ▻ M with /g 7^ 0. In an abelian category with arbitrary direct sums this is equivalent to saying that for every ...
Gebhard Böckle, Richard Pink, 2009
9
Analysis, Manifolds, and Physics
Minimum, strict relative, 82 Minkowski inequality, S3 Minkowski space, 299 Mobius band, 124 Module, 8 Monge cone, 252 Monomial (p-form), 197 Monopole, 408 Monotone convergence theorem, 42 Moronism, 3 Moronism, bundle, 127 ...
Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, Cécile DeWitt-Morette, 1982
10
American Genesis: The Evolution Controversies from Scopes to ...
W. O. McGeehan, in Harper's Monthly, argued that Dayton did not deserve the calumnies aimed at it. “Why pick on Dayton?” he asked. “I am ready to maintain that the percentage of moronism in Dayton, Tennessee, is no higher than it is in ...
Jeffrey P. Moran, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MORONISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term moronism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Feeble, callow, moronic: Fighting History at Tate Britain
But it's not the simplistic politics that kills the exhibition so much as its aesthetic and historical moronism. If you put “history” in the title there ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
2
GOP Presidential Hopefuls Have Had Mixed Records As Governors
Anyone that posts here from either Kansas or Missouri since they are so closely related to moronism, should never post that anything ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
3
Swap an old issue of The Gooner for our free calendar edition on …
Stop those traits of Moronism, and we grow (a little more) content and enthusiastic. We pay enormous amounts of money to watch Arsenal. «Online Gooner, Jan 15»
4
Biggest threat to racial polarisation is, yes, Umno
I am willing to accept that moronism - this is Malaysia after all - so long as I can vote for my mayor and he/she is forced to work hard to show us ... «Malaysiakini, Jan 15»
5
Songkhla Aquarium sending wrong messages
“I'm not even going to look at the clip, its just pure f****** moronism. Anyone that would pay to go in an aquarium to look at that retarded ... «The Phuket News, Jun 14»
6
Polemic, Prose Writer, Poet & Chef: An In-depth Interview With Anis …
The big publishers exemplify the victorious religion of moronism. Amazon will continue its destructive behavior. Everything small and authentic ... «Huffington Post, Feb 14»
7
Five companies to fear, fondly
Not while they funnel their staggering mountains of personal data to the NSA, support the tar sands (Facebook), endorse the moronism of Ted ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jan 14»
8
Lee Rigby murder: Forget these killers, their intolerable cruelty and …
Far better than to listen to Adebolajo – unapologetic, uncowed – babble on with infinite moronism. No justification can exist for killing a man in ... «The Independent, Dec 13»
9
The upscale binge
During those marathons, you subjected yourself to ads, preview, recaps, and all manner of repetitive moronism — usually because you couldn't ... «Yahoo News, Oct 13»
10
Ritesh Batra uninterrupted, reveals future projects
... to oscars last year and sending Eklavya: The Royal Guard (of Vidhu Vinod Chopra starring Big B) for Oscars was the height of Oxy-Moronism. «Times of India, Oct 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Moronism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/moronism>. May 2024 ».
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