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PUSILLANIMITY
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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
Sense 1
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)
Derivation:
pusillanimous (lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful)
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