houyhnhnms
/ˈhuːɪnəmz/
noun
- Plural of Houyhnhnm; the fictional race of rational horses in Gulliver's Travels.
- The Houyhnhnms had no word for lying in their language.
- Gulliver preferred the company of the Houyhnhnms to that of humans.
- The Houyhnhnms represent pure reason in Swift's satire.
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