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PUSILLANIMITY

Dictionary entry overview: What does pusillanimity mean?

• PUSILLANIMITY (noun)
The noun PUSILLANIMITY has 1 sense:

1. contemptible fearfulness

Familiarity information: PUSILLANIMITY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PUSILLANIMITY (noun)

Sense 1

pusillanimity ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Contemptible fearfulness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

pusillanimity; pusillanimousness

Hypernyms ("pusillanimity" is a kind of...):

fearfulness (the trait of being afraid)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pusillanimity"):

poltroonery (abject pusillanimity)

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