noun

• The action or habit of estimating something as worthless. (The word is used chiefly as a curiosity.)

  ‘my new book is more than just a 400-page exercise in floccinaucinihilipilification.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Floccinaucinihilipilification is what Trilby does to everyone he meets.’
  • ‘Such an egregious comment is a lot of floccinaucinihilipilification.’
  • ‘Humans are quick to partake in the floccinaucinihilipilification process, it has happened before and it will happen repeatedly until evolution explicates perfect men.’
  • ‘Aside from being a semi-useful piece of party trivia, floccinaucinihilipilification is actually a great description of one of the most frustrating aspects of modern SEO.’
  • ‘Organizations and leaders need to understand the floccinaucinihilipilification principle to bring to conscious awareness actions or habits in the systemic structures that have been overlooked and devalued.’
  • ‘Virtual teams can apply these five strategies of the floccinaucinihilipilification principle to increase focused engagement.’
  • ‘It is difficult to say now whether it has been a year of floccinaucinihilipilification.’
  • ‘Estimates of economic growth in India have unfortunately been subject to a fair degree of floccinaucinihilipilification.’
  • ‘Of course you may see all of this as an example of floccinaucinihilipilification, and perhaps rightly so.’
  • ‘My new book is more than just a 400-page exercise in floccinaucinihilipilification.’