goropism

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Synonyms: tropism, geotropism, groupism, atropism, moronism, -tropism

Antonyms: tropism, geotropism, groupism, atropism, moronism, -tropism

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Noun

1. A [[hypothesis]], similar to the one originally [[propound]]ed by Goropius which is now [[discredited#Adjective|discredited]], that some [[attested#Adjective|attested]] or [[modern#Adjective|modern]] [[language#Noun|language]] such as [[Dutch#Proper noun|Dutch]], [[Hebrew#Proper noun|Hebrew]], or [[Turkish#Proper noun|Turkish]] was the [[original#Adjective|original]] language of [[human being]]s.
2. An [[absurd#Adjective|absurd]] [[etymology]] [[propose]]d as [[part#Noun|part]] of such a hypothesis.

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