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JACTITATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness
Synonyms:
jactation; jactitation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("jactitation" is a kind of...):
queasiness; restlessness; uneasiness (inability to rest or relax or be still)
Domain category:
pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)
Derivation:
jactitate (move or stir about violently)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("jactitation" is a kind of...):
lie; prevarication (a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Speaking of yourself in superlatives
Synonyms:
boast; boasting; jactitation; self-praise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("jactitation" is a kind of...):
speech act (the use of language to perform some act)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jactitation"):
brag; bragging; crow; crowing; gasconade; line-shooting; vaporing (an instance of boastful talk)
bluster; braggadocio; rhodomontade; rodomontade (vain and empty boasting)
vaunt (extravagant self-praise)
self-assertion (the act of putting forth your own opinions in a boastful or inconsiderate manner that implies you feel superior to others)
