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Definition of Pusillanimity
1. Noun. Contemptible fearfulness.
Generic synonyms: Fearfulness
Specialized synonyms: Poltroonery
Derivative terms: Pusillanimous, Pusillanimous
Definition of Pusillanimity
1. n. The quality of being pusillanimous; weakness of spirit; cowardliness.
Definition of Pusillanimity
1. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pusillanimity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pusillanimity
Literary usage of Pusillanimity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"ARTICLE I.—Is pusillanimity a sin ? R. Everything that is contrary to natural
... Even pusillanimity may arise in some way from pride, in this that a man ..."
2. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"ARTICLE I.—Is pusillanimity a sin ? R. Everything that is contrary to natural
... Even pusillanimity may arise in some way from pride, in this that a man ..."
3. Ireland Past and Present by Augustus J. Thébaud, John Habberton (1878)
"But the verdict of posterity, always a just one, calls such a high-spirited and
unfearing attitude trite heroism, and spurns pusillanimity even when it ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... or of pusillanimity a poet who could imperil his popularity in England by such
a vigorous melody as that in which he compares the oppression of Ireland ..."
5. A History of Illinois, from Its Commencement as a State in 1818 to 1847 by Thomas Ford, James Shields (1854)
"... the whig press—pusillanimity of politicians—General Hardin—Colonel Baker—Colonel
Weatherford—Colonel Merriman—Anti-Mormon wolf-hunt—Military expedition ..."
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