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PRONUNCIATION OF SYMPHILISM

symphilism  [ˈsɪmfɪˌlɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SYMPHILISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Symphilism 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 SYMPHILISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of symphilism in the English dictionary

The definition of symphilism in the dictionary is a type of sociable symbiosis by which an insect is a nourished guest of an ant or termite colony.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SYMPHILISM


automobilism
ˌɔːtəʊˈməʊbɪˌlɪzəm
evangelism
ɪˈvændʒɪˌlɪzəm
Familism
ˈfæmɪˌlɪzəm
immobilism
ɪˈməʊbɪˌlɪzəm
infantilism
ɪnˈfæntɪˌlɪzəm
mercantilism
ˈmɜːkəntɪˌlɪzəm
necrophilism
nɛˈkrɒfɪˌlɪzəm
Negrophilism
niːˈɡrɒfɪˌlɪzəm
nihilism
ˈnaɪɪˌlɪzəm
perfectibilism
pəˈfɛktɪbɪˌlɪzəm
pointillism
ˈpwæntɪˌlɪzəm
pointillisme
ˈpwæntɪˌlɪzəm
probabilism
ˈprɒbəbɪˌlɪzəm
puerilism
ˈpjʊərɪˌlɪzəm
pugilism
ˈpjuːdʒɪˌlɪzəm
salicylism
ˈsælɪsɪˌlɪzəm
servilism
ˈsɜːvɪˌlɪzəm
slavophilism
sləˈvɒfɪˌlɪzəm
virilism
ˈvɪrɪˌlɪzəm
zoophilism
zəʊˈɒfɪˌlɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SYMPHILISM

symphile
symphilous
symphily
symphonic
symphonic poem
symphonically
symphonies
symphonion
symphonious
symphoniously
symphonist
symphony
symphony orchestra
symphony writer
symphyseal
symphyseotomy
symphyses
symphysial
symphysiotomy
symphysis

WORDS THAT END LIKE SYMPHILISM

alcoholism
bibliophilism
capitalism
devilism
fallibilism
gentilism
impossibilism
infallibilism
journalism
metabolism
miserabilism
nationalism
possibilism
professionalism
realism
socialism
surrealism
symbolism
troilism
vandalism

Synonyms and antonyms of symphilism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «symphilism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SYMPHILISM

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

Translator English - Chinese

symphilism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

symphilism
570 millions of speakers

English

symphilism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

symphilism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

symphilism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

symphilism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

symphilism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

symphilism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

symphilism
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Simfilisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

symphilism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

symphilism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

symphilism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Symphilism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

symphilism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

symphilism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सिंफिलिझम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

symphilism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

symphilism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

symphilism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

symphilism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

symphilism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

symphilism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

symphilism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

symphilism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

symphilism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of symphilism

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SYMPHILISM»

The term «symphilism» is used very little and occupies the 172.427 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of symphilism
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about symphilism

EXAMPLES

9 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYMPHILISM»

Discover the use of symphilism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to symphilism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Dictionary of Entomology
See Inquiline; Symbiont. Cf. Synechthran; Synoekete. SYMPHILISM Noun. ( Greek, syn I with + philein I to live + -ism I result of an act or process.) State of being in a symbiotic relationship. See Symphily. SYMPHILY Noun. (Greek, syn I with + ...
‎2011
2
Parasitism and symbiosis
Symphilism, then, includes associations in which the relationships are very varied and which are far from being mutual. It is always the ants that appear to play the leading part. The regularity and persistence of these events in widely separate ...
Maurice Caullery, 1952
3
Magill's Encyclopedia of Science Animal Life
Perhaps the best-known inquilines are the glass- or pearlfishes, which take refuge in the cloacae of sea cucumbers and often eat part of the host's respiratory system. A unique type of commensalism, known as symphilism, is found in certain ...
Carl W. Hoagstrom, 2001
4
Chambers English-Hindi Dictionary
Г, e^ft^; nj. symphilism, symphily fa*»i^tifli, îT^fT^ÎT; adj. symphilous Щр*$1 symphony n. R)*-4iHV; WWifiT, fTtWT- CR; îf^f^i^rr; îf^^; a^'. symphonic ftrpfiTfa^; ^гт ifirfir w, я*тт; п. symphonion fHPp"Yf44^ (Гтеи> äffc ^Rïfîf^rtf чгт W) ; а<#.
Sureśa Avasthī, Indujā Avasthī, 1981
5
Proceedings of ... Annual Convention of the Southeastern ...
(1972) reported that IFA tended unspecified mealybugs and soft scales on weeds and grass roots, but not on soybeans. Sterling et al. (1979) reported 'symphilism' between IFA and the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover, early in the season.
Southeastern Pecan Growers Association. Convention, 1989
6
Nature
The nature of " symphilism " and its relation to parasitism is discussed in the latter . Among the contents of vol. xli., part iii., of the Journal of Anatomy and Physiology , special reference may be made to an article by Messrs. A. Keith and M. Flack ...
Sir Norman Lockyer, 1907
7
Coleoptera reprints
... on the verge of symphilism. A probable example of the latter is a synoekete, CeophyUus monilis LeConte. It is found only with ants, usually species of Lasius, is unmolested, and has the elytral apices provided with trichoinoid setae. As usual ...
‎1979
8
Nature Weekly
IN the Biologisches Centralblatt for January 15, Herr E. Wasmann commences an account of an investigation into the phenomenon of “ symphilism," that is to say, the harbouring of insects, &c., of various foreign species in the nests of ants and ...
Sir Norman Lockyer, 1903
9
Bee Season
An ordinary girl with an exceptional gift for spelling, young Eliza Naumann embarks on the rough-and-tumble "spelling bee" circuit, where her quirky family will collide with the harsh realities of life.
Myla Goldberg, 2005

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SYMPHILISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term symphilism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Spelling bees, long a domain of kids, now attract seniors
Long now churns out essays on the meaning of words from intussusception to symphilism. Ask bee contestants about Long's website, and they shudder with ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jun 08»

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