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fissiparous

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11 lettersPronunciation /fɪˈsɪpəɹəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted afiioprsssuStarts with FEnds with S0 clues
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  1. having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude

Word origin

An adaptation of New Latin fissiparus, from fissus (“split, cleft”) + pariō (“to bring forth”) by analogy with vīviparus.

Used in a sentence

  • “There is no panacea. Iraq is a destroyed and fissiparous country.”
  • “Like empires, world orders grow old, fissiparous, complacent and grumpy — despite the Champagne, the thrill is gone.”
  • “fissiparous tendencies”

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