attentisme

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noun

A policy of waiting; a waiting game.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounattentisme (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegovernmentA policy of waiting; a waiting game.

Origin

  1. Frenchattentisme
  2. Englishattentisme

Borrowed from French attentisme.

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APA

attentisme. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attentisme

MLA

“attentisme.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attentisme. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “attentisme,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attentisme.

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