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GLOSSOLALIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does glossolalia mean?
• GLOSSOLALIA (noun)
The noun GLOSSOLALIA has 1 sense:
1. repetitive nonmeaningful speech (especially that associated with a trance state or religious fervor)
Familiarity information: GLOSSOLALIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Repetitive nonmeaningful speech (especially that associated with a trance state or religious fervor)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("glossolalia" is a kind of...):
pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)
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