SOLECISM Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

solecism

noun

ˈsä-lə-ˌsi-zəm

Definition of solecism

as in blunder

a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark the solecism of asking one's hosts how much something in their house cost them

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Recent Examples of solecism The result is global English but one without the imprecision and solecism implied by that label. — Colin Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2022 And a single word couldn’t be a dead giveaway either, no matter how much people would like to portray the use of pled rather than pleaded as an obvious Trumpian solecism, especially when Dowd himself has been documented using pled at least once. — Ben Zimmer, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2017

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Nothing makes this part of the chase memorable or important enough to merit a flash-forward, which turns it into a deflating blunder in a series that can’t afford to slow down.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 July 2026
And while that may sound like little more than a comic blunder, these slips offer one of the clearest windows into how language is assembled in the mind.

— Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 14 July 2026

Definition of blunder

Noun

Eventually, Batula moved past Cooke’s indiscretions and married him in 2021.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 29 June 2026
History is littered with the careers of politicians who committed crimes or engaged in moral indiscretions and then tried to lie their way out of public shame.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 June 2026

Definition of indiscretion

Noun

He was tipped for the final in 2018, 2022 and this time, but key errors have cost him.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Sanders noted that the president’s proclamation, which imposed a partial travel ban on holders of Antigua and Barbuda passports, contained several factual errors.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026

Definition of error

Noun

The gaffe enabled Thomas — who led off with a single — to score his second run.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
The gaffe is the result of Microsoft, which oversees the signing of shims, failing to revoke the publicly available images once vulnerabilities were found in them.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026

Definition of gaffe

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