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[ pyoo-suh-luh-nim-i-tee ] / ˌpyu sə ləˈnɪm ɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pusillanimity ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe state or condition of beingpusillanimous; timidity; cowardliness. Origin of pusillanimityFirst recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Late Latin word pusillanimitās.See pusillanimous, -ity Words nearby pusillanimityPushto, Pushtu, push-up, push up daisies, pushy, pusillanimity, pusillanimous, Puskas, puss, “Puss-in-Boots”, puss in the corner Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pusillanimityOnce again, Republican pusillanimity in the face of gun fanaticism threatens to gut sane gun legislation in Congress. Pro-Gun Absolutism: The Gun Lobby’s Push to Privatize Law and Order|Will Marshall|April 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST Perhaps he had heard of Winch's pusillanimity, and understood the spirit which prompted Frank to fill his place. The Drummer Boy|John Trowbridge We think one custom the result of pusillanimity, when the nerves are relaxed and our bodies fatigued. Letters To Eugenia|Paul Henri Thiry Holbach In all this there is great moral cowardice, pusillanimity, and want of manly independence of character.
"'Twill be a sort of decent suicide without the element of pusillanimity," he thought to himself. The Grandissimes|George Washington Cable Prague was not irretrievably lost when Frederick's pusillanimity abandoned it. The Thirty Years War, Complete|Friedrich Schiller
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