Usually means: Imitation of Khoikhoi language sounds.
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  1. hottentotism: Wordnik
  2. Hottentotism: Wiktionary
  3. Hottentotism, hottentotism: Dictionary.com
  4. Hottentotism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. hottentotism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Hottentotism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. hottentotism: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Hottentotism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Hottentotism)

▸ noun:  A word or phrase adopted from the Hottentot language.
▸ noun:  (dated) A kind of stammer in which the words become unintelligible.

Similar:
Hottentotese, Khoi, Khoikhoi, hotty, Ho-t'ien, thottie, hogtub, Hettie, thottery, hooptee, more...

Opposite:
civilization

Types:
savagery, barbarism, brutality, cruelty, inhumanity, savageness, more...

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Similar:
Hottentotese, Khoi, Khoikhoi, hotty, Ho-t'ien, thottie, hogtub, Hettie, thottery, hooptee, more...

Opposite:
civilization

Types:
savagery, barbarism, brutality, cruelty, inhumanity, savageness, more...



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