twinism

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noun

The phenomenon of twins being born.

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Meanings

nountwinism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe phenomenon of twins being born.
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    In some parts of precolonial Yorubaland, […] twins and their parents were either banished or ritually slaughtered. This was not arbitrary as the prevailing explanation for the phenomenon of twinism found the mother culpable of an adultery with a spirit who was believed to own one of the babies. Twinism also harbored confusion of age-bracket in a society where seniority and hierarchy were valorized.

    2024, J. Shola Omotola, Samuel Oyewole, The Political Economy of Kidnapping and Insecurity in Nigeria, page 156

Origin

From twin + -ism.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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