wordmongering

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noun

Synonym of wordmongery.

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Meanings

nounwordmongering (countable and uncountable, plural wordmongerings)

plural wordmongerings

  1. countableuncountableSynonym of wordmongery.

    Ignorance implies real indifference, however copious the wordmongering.

    1849, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, A View of the Art of Colonization, page 9
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    Powers are seeking as before to drown the problem of disarmament in endless and futile wordmongering.

    1961, United States. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Documents on Disarmament, page 352

    Melville "repels" here; he is guilty of "wordmongering," prolixity, and recourse to "marvellous" yarns that erode what is usefully "probable" in the narrative.

    2008, Harold Bloom, Herman Melville

    Synonyms: wordmongery

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of wordmongery.

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Origin

From wordmonger + -ing.

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APA

wordmongering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wordmongering

MLA

“wordmongering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wordmongering. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wordmongering,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wordmongering.

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