Synonyms for modicum
ˈmɒd ɪ kəmmod·icum

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1. modicumnoun

   Synonyms:
   tittle, jot, iota

Princeton's WordNet

1. modicumnoun

   a small or moderate or token amount

   "England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its artists"- Ian Jack

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1. • Small Indefinite Quantity

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1. modicumnoun

   Synonyms:
   pittance, fragment, trifle, small allowance, small portion

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1. List of paraphrases for "modicum":

   minimum, glimmer

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1. Doug Collins:

   We're more' Alice in Wonderland' than we are House of Representatives. Because whether you agree that he needs to be impeached or not, do you not think there needs to be a modicum of process and rights ?

2. Davis Gates:

   This agreement is the only modicum of safety that is available for anyone that steps foot into Chicago Public Schools.

3. Dick Clark:

   Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law

4. Carney Shegerian:

   When she came forward and went public, it attracted other people, and the other five plaintiffs to also have a modicum of confidence to discuss what had happened to them.

5. United States:

   Missile Defense Review states that North Korea has yet to achieve the capability to credibly threaten the United States homeland. North Korea has not conducted enough tests to establish confidence in a reliable, working missile. But we have to assume that North Korea has a nuclear-armed ICBM that could strike the United States, even if the missile only have a 50 % chance of hitting a major United States city, that's enough to establish a modicum of deterrence.