dementis

dé·men·ti

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dey-mahn-tee; French dey-mahn-tee]
- /deɪˈmɑn ti; French deɪ mɑ̃ˈti/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dey-mahn-tee; French dey-mahn-tee]
- /deɪˈmɑn ti; French deɪ mɑ̃ˈti/

Definitions of dementis word

noun plural dementis an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it. 1
verb dementis first-person singular past historic of démentir. 0
verb dementis second-person singular past historic of démentir. 0

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Origin of dementis

First appearance:

before 1585

One of the 35% oldest English words

1585-95; < French: literally, contradiction, past participle of démentir to deny, Old French desmentir, equivalent to des- dis-1 + mentir to lie < Latin mentīrī

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Parts of speech for Dementis

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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dementis popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% 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.

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