lilliputianism

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Etymology[edit]

lilliputian +‎ -ism; from the name of a fictional island called Lilliput in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

Noun[edit]

lilliputianism (uncountable)

  1. The quality or tendency of being very small.

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