Etymology

spintherism

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Ancient Greek σπινθήρ
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromσπινθήρ“spark”
  2. English todayspintherism

From Ancient Greek σπινθήρ (spinthḗr, “spark”) + -ism.

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