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/ˌflɒksɪˌnɔːsɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/ · noun
(often humorous) The act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant, of having no value or being worthless..
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.
Use floccinaucinihilipilification when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Floccinaucinihilipilification means (often humorous) The act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant, of having no value or being worthless..
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I loved him for nothing so much as his flocci-nauci-nihili-pili-fication of money.
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