donkeyism

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noun

foolishness

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

noundonkeyism (uncountable)
  1. uncountablefoolishness

    […] the fact that our Cabinet Ministers only spoke in allegory, nor that British diplomacy was nothing more than donkeyism misnamed.

    1854, Letters on Questions pending between Great Britain & the United States. [Signed: Colbourn.], page 4

Origin

From donkey + -ism.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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