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PRONUNCIATION OF PHENAKISM

phenakism  [ˈfɛnəˌkɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHENAKISM

noun
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phenakism 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 PHENAKISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of phenakism in the English dictionary

The definition of phenakism in the dictionary is a form of deceit or craftiness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHENAKISM


anarchism
ˈænəˌkɪzəm
catechism
ˈkætɪˌkɪzəm
comstockism
ˈkɒmstɒˌkɪzəm
cryptorchism
krɪpˈtɔːkɪzəm
eunuchism
ˈjuːnəˌkɪzəm
Greenbackism
ˈɡriːnˌbækɪzəm
Lamarckism
lɑːˈmɑːkɪzəm
lookism
ˈlʊkɪzəm
masochism
ˈmæsəˌkɪzəm
monachism
ˈmɒnəˌkɪzəm
monarchism
ˈmɒnəkɪzəm
panpsychism
pænˈsaɪkɪzəm
psychism
ˈsaɪkɪzəm
sadomasochism
ˌseɪdəʊˈmæsəˌkɪzəm
schism
ˈskɪzəm
Sikhism
ˈsiːkɪzəm
sinarchism
ˈsɪnɑːˌkɪzəm
Sinarquism
ˈsɪnɑːˌkɪzəm
synecdochism
sɪnˈɛkdəˌkɪzəm
Turkism
ˈtɜːkɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHENAKISM

phenacaine
phenacetin
phenacite
phenakistoscope
phenakite
phenanthrene
phenarsazine
phenarsazine chloride
phenate
phenazine
phencyclidine
phene
phenetic
pheneticist
phenetics
phenetidine
phenetole
phenformin
phengite
phengophobia

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHENAKISM

activism
antiblackism
autism
Buddhism
criticism
hedonism
ism
journalism
Judaism
mechanism
metabolism
mountebankism
Neo-Lamarckism
prism
professionalism
racism
rankism
Stuckism
terrorism
tourism

Synonyms and antonyms of phenakism in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «phenakism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHENAKISM

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The translations of phenakism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phenakism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

phenakism
1,325 millions of speakers

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phenakism
570 millions of speakers

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phenakism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

phenakism
380 millions of speakers
ar

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phenakism
280 millions of speakers

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phenakism
278 millions of speakers

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phenakism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

phenakism
260 millions of speakers

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phenakism
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fenakisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

phenakism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

phenakism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

phenakism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phenakism
85 millions of speakers
vi

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phenakism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phenakism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Phenakism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

phenakism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

phenakism
65 millions of speakers

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phenakism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

phenakism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

phenakism
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

phenakism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

phenakism
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

phenakism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phenakism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phenakism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHENAKISM»

The term «phenakism» is barely ever used and occupies the 205.680 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 phenakism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHENAKISM»

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words
phenakism . . . phenakism [fen-uh-kiz-um] a rare word meaning 'cheating, trickery .' From a Greek word meaning 'deception.' phenology [fi-nah-luh-jee] the study of the timing of recurring natural phenomena, such as volcanic explosion, rainfall ...
Erin McKean, 2006
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Macmillan's Magazine Vol.X
David Masson. WHATELY, NEWMAN, AND "PHENAKISM/ SOUTH-SLAVONIC CHURCHES— THE SERBIAN. The strange men spoke unto him ; And he heard from all and each The foreign tongue of the Sassenach, Not wholesome Irish ...
David Masson, 1864
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Macmillan's Magazine
WHATELY, NEWMAN, AND "PHENAKISM." SOUTH-SLAVONIC CHURCHES— THE SERBIAN. The strange men spoke unto him ; And he heard from all and each The foreign tongue of the Sassenach, Not wholesome Irish speech. Then the ...
‎1864
4
Miscellaneous Remains from the Commonplace Book of Richard ...
Now, the detestation I have long and earnestly cultivated of all double-dealing, equivocation, trickery, disingenuousness, and, in short, in the modern phrase, phenakism, may have caused me sometimes to smell it out before others of ...
Richard Whately, Elizabeh Jane Whately, 1865
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The Oxford Movement and Its Leaders: A Bibliography of ...
“Whately, Newman and 'Phenakism.'” Macmillan's Magazine 10, no. 58 (Aug. 1864): 289–94. Re: essay on “Phenakism” in no. 2633. Defends N against W's charge of hypocrisy at time of N's withdrawal to Littlemore. 1 865 2640 2641 2642  ...
Lawrence N. Crumb, 2009
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Miscellaneous remains from the commonplace book of Richard ...
If they do not, or if they profess great veneration, and on the whole approbation and gratitude, towards those who have cast aside all regard for truth, do they not lie open to the suspicion that at least they regard phenakism as a peccadillo, or a  ...
Richard Whately, 1864
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The Westminster Review
The history of Doctrinal Development furnished the answer. The last cord was snapped; or, as Archbishop Whater gracefully put it, the phenakism of men, “ who had cast aside all regard for truth,” was at last exposedrl" The well-laid scheme ...
‎1864
8
The London Review of Politics, Society, Literature, Art, & ...
Whately, Newman, and Phenakism " is an article suggested by some remarks by the late Archbishop of Dublin, written in ... which the Greek word " Phenakism," meaning " cheatery, qnackery, imposition," is applied to the members of the High  ...
‎1864
9
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... Pagan Palatial Palindrome Parapet Paraphernalia Parse Pavilion Peremptory Perjury Perquisite Pied Pinioned Pique Plaintive Platonic Pommel Prate Prefatory Phenakism a person who deals with things lacking importance ( pronounce the ...
Pustak Mahal Editorial
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The Essays ... Revised ... by Thomas Markby ... Third edition
Phenakism, I4. Pilate's question, 4. Pilgrim Fathers, intolerance of, 72. Poems and tales, influence of, 36, 525. Political economy, absurd notions of, 16 5. Poverty, exposure of, 319 : praise of, 397. Power, despotic, anomaly in, 158. Predictions ...
Francis Bacon, Richard Whately, 1860

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHENAKISM»

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Is English a Phonetic Language?? Of course. 100%.
By the way, I searched for strange words on the Internet and found: finnimbrun, nudiustertian, phenakism, pronk, pulveratricious, agastopia, ... «Canada Free Press, Nov 11»

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