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noun
1.
formal admission or acceptance into an organization or club, adult status in one's community or society, etc.
2.
the ceremonies or rites of admission. Compare rite of passage.
3.
the act of initiating.
4.
the fact of being initiated.
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Initiation
has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
Example Sentences
- For many, getting the tattoos is an initiation rite for gang membership.
- Look, every gang worth its colors has initiation rites.
- Country club initiation fees tend to be one of those closely held secrets that rarely see the public light.
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Word Origin & History
initiation
1580s, from L. initiationem (nom. initiatio) "participation in secret rites," from initiatus, pp. of initiare "originate, initiate," from initium (see initial).
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Medical Dictionary
initiation in·i·ti·a·tion (ĭ-nĭsh'ē-ā'shən)
n.
The act or an instance of initiating.
The condition of being initiated.
The first stage of tumor induction by a carcinogen in which cells are altered so that they are likely to form a tumor upon subsequent exposure to a promoting agent.
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