noun
- Plural of pygmyism; instances or examples of being pygmy-like in size, stature, or significance; smallness or insignificance.
Usage: Rare; typically used in academic or literary contexts.; Often used metaphorically to describe intellectual, moral, or cultural smallness.
Examples
- The critic dismissed the author's pygmyisms as unworthy of serious literary analysis.
- In his essay, he argued that modern society's pygmyisms reflected a decline in intellectual ambition.
- The philosopher warned against the pygmyisms of contemporary thought.
- Her work transcended the pygmyisms that plagued her predecessors.