minispectacle

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noun

A minor, small-scale spectacle (impressive event).

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Meanings

nounminispectacle (plural minispectacles)

plural minispectacles

  1. A minor, small-scale spectacle (impressive event).

    But by bombarding users with distorted and deracinated images, the Internet instead just forces us to confront increasingly bizarre minispectacles, often right when were most vulnerable — alone, anxious, looking for answers.

    2007 December 16, Virginia Heffernan, “Haunted Mouses”, in New York Times

Origin

From mini- + spectacle.

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APA

minispectacle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minispectacle

MLA

“minispectacle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minispectacle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minispectacle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minispectacle.

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