solecism
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- noun
- /ˈsɒlɪsɪzəm/
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solecismo
- When she accidentally used the wrong name while introducing her friend, it was a glaring solecism.
Examples
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Postmodernism is not postmodern, whatever that might mean, but postmodernism; it does not come after the present (a solecism), but after the modernist movement.
Academic text (1990) -
See previous post: "Of Solecisms and SNOOTs."
Blog text (29) -
That division of sovereignty was no solecism in politics.
Academic text (1993) -
What you propose is a solecism filled with anachronistic thinking.
Blog text (15) -
"This is perfect, down to the word suspicious, a street-smart solecism.
Fiction book (2000) -
A common solecism.
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They were the discoverers of the notion that the division of sovereignty was not only not a solecism in politics but a source of political stability.
Academic text (1993) -
As they reflect on their own responses to the arguments they are faced with, they come to understand the bourgeois not as a historical accident or, as Ms. Foster was taught, a social solecism, but as the product of a very serious choice that has its strengths and limitations.
Academic text (1990) -
I Don't Want No Retrospective seems even more ironic now than it might have when made in 1979, and its declarative solecism is moot: Ruscha has had five retrospectives in the past five years and is the focus of ever-increasing institutional and market attention.
Academic text (2005) -
His tendency to interrupt others during conversations is often seen as a social solecism.
Synonyms
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A remark or action made by accident that is embarrassing
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An embarrassing act or remark that upsets people in social situations
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Wrong use of language rules when speaking or writing
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An awkward choice of words or style that makes speech and writing uncomfortable
Awkward or rude behavior in social situations that makes people feel uncomfortable
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Etymology
The word solecism comes from the name of an ancient town, Soloi, whose local Greek was treated as 'incorrect' by other speakers. So a solecism is a mistake in speech or a social error.