Definition of Cretisms

1. cretism [n] - See also: cretism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cretisms

cretinise
cretinised
cretinises
cretinising
cretinisms
cretinistic
cretinize
cretinized
cretinizes
cretinizing
cretinoid
cretinous
cretins
cretism
cretisms (current term)
cretonne
cretonnes
creutzer
creutzers
creutzfeldt-jakob disease
creutzfeldt-jakob syndrome
crevalle
crevalle jack
crevalles
crevet

Literary usage of Cretisms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Zeitschrift für Völkerpsychologie und Sprachwissenschaft by Moritz Lazarus, Heymann Steinthal (1890)
"... manifests itself in what he calls 15 eon- cretisms, namely: 1. Objective Concretism. consisting in the expression of each individual by a distinct word, ..."

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