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/ˈtæntəlɪzəm/ · noun
A punishment like that of the mythological Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable..
January 1811, Josiah Quincy, Amendment to the Constitution Is not such a provision like tantalism to this people?
I dare say will think it a lively representation of a person lying under the torments of such a kind of Tantalism , or Platonic Hell , as that which we have now under consideration .
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Tantalism means A punishment like that of the mythological Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable..
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January 1811, Josiah Quincy, Amendment to the Constitution Is not such a provision like tantalism to this people?
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