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Meaning of "tantalism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TANTALISM

ˈtæntəˌlɪzəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TANTALISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tantalism 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 TANTALISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tantalism in the English dictionary

The definition of tantalism in the dictionary is a form of punishment similar to or as severe as that suffered by Tantalus.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TANTALISM

brutalism · capitalism · colonialism · formalism · imperialism · journalism · liberalism · literalism · materialism · metabolism · minimalism · nationalism · Orientalism · photojournalism · professionalism · realism · socialism · surrealism · symbolism · vandalism

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TANTALISM

tant mieux · tant pis · Tanta · tantalate · tantalic · tantalic acid · tantalisation · tantaliser · tantalisingly · tantalite · tantalization · tantalize · tantalizer · tantalizing · tantalizingly · tantalous · tantalum · tantalus · tantamount · tantara

WORDS THAT END LIKE TANTALISM

alcoholism · cannibalism · citizen journalism · communalism · environmentalism · factionalism · federalism · fundamentalism · idealism · individualism · industrialism · initialism · intellectualism · multiculturalism · multilateralism · mutualism · pastoralism · photorealism · pluralism · spiritualism · traditionalism

Synonyms and antonyms of tantalism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tantalism» into 25 languages

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tantalism
1,325 millions of speakers
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tantalism
570 millions of speakers
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tantalism
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tantalism
380 millions of speakers
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tantalism
280 millions of speakers
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tantalism
278 millions of speakers
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tantalism
270 millions of speakers
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tantalism
260 millions of speakers
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tantalism
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Tantalisme
190 millions of speakers
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tantalism
180 millions of speakers
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tantalism
130 millions of speakers
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tantalism
85 millions of speakers
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Tantalism
85 millions of speakers
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tantalism
80 millions of speakers
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tantalism
75 millions of speakers
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निळसरपणा
75 millions of speakers
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tantalism
70 millions of speakers
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tantalism
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tantalism
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tantalism
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tantalism
30 millions of speakers
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tantalism
15 millions of speakers
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tantalism
14 millions of speakers
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tantalism
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tantalism
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tantalism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TANTALISM»

Discover the use of tantalism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tantalism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The National Preacher and Village Pulpit: Original--monthly. ...
We must reject this supposition, because it impeaches God of tantalism in his overtures of grace. For such tantalism there palpably is, if there be in fact the alleged impracticability. It remains, therefore, that the evil'be referred to parental ...
‎1845
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The American National Preacher
We must reject this supposition, because it impeaches God of tantalism in his overtures of grace. For such tantalism there palpably is, if there be in fact the alleged impracticability. It remains, therefore, that the evil he referred to parental ...
‎1845
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The National Preacher
We must reject this supposition, because it impeaches God of tantalism in his overtures of grace. For such tantalism there palpably is, if there be in fact the alleged impracticability. It remains, therefore, that the evil be referred to parental ...
‎1845
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The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
Miller. (».) Tansy. See Tanacetum. (3.) Tansy, Wild. See Potentjlla. TANTALIDES, in fabulous history, the descendants of Tantalus, as Atreus, Agamemnon, Mekelavs, &c. * TANTALISM. n.s. [from tantalize.] A punishment like that of Tantalus.
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807
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Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works
... but his attempt to seduce her was frustrated when she substituted a cloud for herself 315 quitted requited 317 engines inventions, devices 322 Tantalism Tantalus was punished in Hades for betraying the secrets of the 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 ...
Thomas Middleton, Gary Taylor, John Lavagnino, 2010
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The National Preacher Or Original Monthly Sermons from ...
We must reject this supposition, because it impeaches God of tantalism in his overtures of grace. For such tantalism there palpably is, if there be in fact the alleged impracticability. It remains, therefore, that the evil be referred to parental ...
Austin Dickinson, 1845
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A Dictionary of the English and Portuguese Languages: In Two ...
Tant. s. araiiha dos campos que tem pernas muito compri- das. Tantalism , s. castigo seme- than!/, ao que teve I secundo os poetas) Tantal), rei de Phrygian o qua! era atormentado com sede no inferno , vendo a agoa a que nSo podia chipar.
Antonio Vieyra, 1860
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The spectator
The reader will fee it is not foreign to my present subject, and I dare say will think it a lively representation of a person lying under the torments of such a kind of Tantalism, or Platonick hell, as that which we have now under consideration.
Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, 1776
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British and Foreign State Papers
For the British Government, then, to make professions of respect to the rights of our Citizens, and willingness to release them, and yet deny the only means of ascertaining those rights, is an insulting tantalism. If such orders have been given to ...
‎1841
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Barbarities of the Enemy, exposed in a Report of the ...
For the British government then, i0 make professions of respect to the rights of our citizens, and willingness to releasethem, and yet deny the only meansof ascertaining those rights, is an insulting tantalism. Ifsuch orders have been given to the ...
United States. Congress. House, 1814
REFERENCE
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