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pusillanimity

noun
pu路​sil路​la路​nim路​i路​ty | \ 藢py眉-s蓹-l蓹-藞ni-m蓹-t膿 also 藢py眉-z蓹- How to pronounce pusillanimity (audio) \

Definition of pusillanimity

: the quality or state of being pusillanimous : cowardliness
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Examples of pusillanimity in a Sentence

the pusillanimity shown by the press on this issue after the administration began applying pressure

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 Hollywood has a history of pusillanimity, of wavering and waffling, of promising all sorts of things and then back-peddling as soon as the going gets tough. — Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, "Hollywood Must Pull Out of Georgia," 7 June 2019 Normally Mr Glasenberg would not tolerate such pusillanimity. — The Economist, "Glencore faces a DoJ probe stretching from Africa to the Americas," 5 July 2018

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First Known Use of pusillanimity

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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