floccinaucinihilipilification

Definitions

The act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant, of having no value or being worthless.

countable, humorous, often, uncountable

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Svenskabagatellisering

Examples

“I loved him for nothing so much as his flocci-nauci-nihili-pili-fication of money.”

“There is a systematic flocci-nauci-nihili-pilification of all other aspects of existence that angers me.”

“Let⟳ me toss an oxymoronic morsel onto the stage⟳ of discussion right at this point⟳—to use⟳ one of Jackie Gleason’s phrases, “how sweet it is” that, at last⟳, we seem at last⟳ to be getting away from the splendiferous floccinaucinihilipilifications, in which we have⟳ engaged during these last⟳ several days.”

“Floccinaucinihilipilification in accounting - does it matter⟳?”

“They must be taken with an air of contempt, a floccinaucinihilipilification of all that can gratify the outward man.”

“Some people with low self-esteem are prone to floccinaucinihilipilification, the habit of deeming everything worthless.”

“The quasi statistician would doubtlessly not know⟳ how to check this supposition, thus rendering the interpretation of the mean⟳ profit as floccinaucinihilipilification.”

“Let⟳ me indulge in the floccinaucinihilipilification of EU judges and quote from the book of Amos about them.”

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