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- [ka-kol-uh-jee, kuh-]
- /kæˈkɒl ə dʒi, kə-/
- /kæˈk.ɒ.lə.dʒɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ka-kol-uh-jee, kuh-]
- /kæˈkɒl ə dʒi, kə-/
Definitions of cacology word
- noun cacology a bad choice of words; faulty speech 3
- noun cacology defectively produced speech; socially unacceptable diction. 1
- noun cacology Bad choice of words or poor pronunciation. 1
- noun cacology Poor diction or choice of words. 0
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Origin of cacology
First appearance:
before 1615 One of the 41% oldest English words
First recorded in 1615-25; caco- + -logy
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Parts of speech for Cacology
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cacology popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
cacology usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cacology
noun cacology
- impropriety — the quality or condition of being improper; incorrectness.
- blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
- abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
- barbarism — If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarism, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.
- mistake — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
Antonyms for cacology
noun cacology
- accuracy — The accuracy of information or measurements is their quality of being true or correct, even in small details.
- praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- correctness — to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
- correction — Corrections are marks or comments made on a piece of work, especially school work, which indicate where there are mistakes and what are the right answers.
- certainty — Certainty is the state of being definite or of having no doubts at all about something.
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