"tantalism" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "tantalize + -ism.",
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          "ref": "1711 June 24 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “WEDNESDAY, June 13, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 90; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:",
          "text": "I dare say will think it a lively representation of a person lying under the torments of such a kind of Tantalism , or Platonic Hell , as that which we have now under consideration .",
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        "A punishment like that of the mythological Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable."
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      "ipa": "/ˈtæntəlɪzəm/"
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