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porkishness

noun

The state or quality of being porkish.

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hoggery piggishness egoism egomism egocentricity interestedness me-firstism philauty

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Meanings

nounporkishness (uncountable)

uncountableThe state or quality of being porkish.
But it did have an essential porkishness that was hard to resist.
2010, Food Arts - Volume 23, page 18
2 more examples
Sanity appeals and argues; our rulers persevere in their customary porkishness, while we acquiesce and obey.
1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter 22, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus
Peter Bowbrick comments that she might have been responding to the porkishness of the word 'hog'.
2003, Morwenna Griffiths, Feminisms and the Self: The Web of Identity, →ISBN
Synonyms: hoggery, piggishness, egoism, egomism, egocentricity, hoggery, interestedness, me-firstism

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state or quality of being porkish.

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hoggery piggishness egoism egomism egocentricity hoggery interestedness me-firstism philauty selfhood selfishness self-absorption self-centeredness self-interestedness self-obsession self-servingness solipsism suicism

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egocentricity egoism hoggery interestedness me-firstism philauty self-absorption self-centeredness selfhood self-interestedness selfishness self-obsession self-servingness solipsism suicism

Origin

From porkish + -ness.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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