pontification

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English

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Etymology

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From pontificate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pontification (countable and uncountable, plural pontifications)

  1. The act of pontificating
    • 2007 December 17, Daniel M. Gold, “The Early Years of Rock, Later Than Previously Thought”, in New York Times[1]:
      It occasionally suffers from the pontification so deservedly satirized in rockumentaries like This Is Spinal Tap.