Humpty Dumptyism Meaning

Humpty Dumptyism is an idiom. The meaning of this idiom is (idiomatic) The practice of insisting that a word means whatever one wishes it to.. Explore more Idiom Meanings.

Humpty Dumptyism

(idiomatic) The practice of insisting that a word means whatever one wishes it to.

Example : 2003, J. A. Keats, Norman Cliff, Ordinal Measurement in the Behavioral Sciences (page 31) [1]  "It seems to be saying one or both of two things. One is that any score that comes out of any procedure that purports to measure intelligence is a value of the scale, intelligence. If so, this would be Humpty Dumptyism."

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Humpty Dumptyism is an idiom. It is one of the most commonly used expressions in English writings. Humpty Dumptyism stands for (idiomatic) The practice of insisting that a word means whatever one wishes it to.. Explore Urdupoint to find out more popular Idioms and Idiom Meanings, to amplify your writings

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