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Definition of dormitive principles in English English dictionary
- plural form of dormitive principle
- dormitive principle
- A type of tautology in which an item is being explained in terms of the item itself, only put in different (usually more abstract) words
And to any intelligent reader, explanation of an 'inherent ability' was reminiscent of Molière's mock explanation of the soporific effects of opium - that it contained a 'dormitive principle'.
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