JACTITATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jactitation mean? 

• JACTITATION (noun)
  The noun JACTITATION has 3 senses:

1. speaking of yourself in superlatives

2. (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law)

3. (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness

  Familiarity information: JACTITATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JACTITATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Speaking of yourself in superlatives

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

boast; boasting; jactitation; self-praise

Hypernyms ("jactitation" is a kind of...):

speech act (the use of language to perform some act)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jactitation"):

brag; bragging; crow; crowing; gasconade; line-shooting; vaporing (an instance of boastful talk)

bluster; braggadocio; rhodomontade; rodomontade (vain and empty boasting)

vaunt (extravagant self-praise)

self-assertion (the act of putting forth your own opinions in a boastful or inconsiderate manner that implies you feel superior to others)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("jactitation" is a kind of...):

lie; prevarication (a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

jactation; jactitation

Hypernyms ("jactitation" is a kind of...):

queasiness; restlessness; uneasiness (inability to rest or relax or be still)

Domain category:

pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)

Derivation:

jactitate (move or stir about violently)