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Pusillanimity

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The state or quality of being pusillanimous; cowardice.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The quality or state of being pusillanimous; the vice of being timid and cowardly, and thus not living up to one's full potential; pusillanimousness.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality of being pusillanimous; weakness of spirit; cowardliness.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state or condition of being pusillanimous; lack of that spirit which constitutes courage or fortitude; cowardliness; timidity.

n. Synonyms Poltroonery. See coward, n.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. contemptible fearfulness

Word Usage

"The theologian will call his pusillanimity, "inward feeling;" "warning from heaven;" "secret inspiration;" but he who knoweth man, will say that this is nothing more than a mechanical motion, produced by a physical or natural cause."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

fearfulness

Hyponym

poltroonery

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

cowardice timidity cowardliness fear

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

recreancy cowardliness supineness effeminacy irresolution