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acrobatism|ˈækrəbætɪz(ə)m| [f. acrobat + -ism.] The art or profession of the acrobat; the performance of gymnastic feats. lit. and fig.
1864Daily Tel. 29 July, The course and its follies..its quacks and mountebanks, and its acrobatism. 1865Reader No. 133. 76/1 Displays of vocal acrobatism. 1866S. G. O[sborne] Lett. on Educ. 13 This infantine, mental acrobatism, is to me simply hateful. 1882Athenæum 1 July 11 A certain amount of moral acrobatism will be practised on the line which divides the proper from the improper. |