Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bicentrism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bi-cen-trism
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being bicentric (having two centres).

Uncountable

noun

The state or quality of being bicentric (having a bisexual bias or basis).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] characterizes three routes for the bisexual community: pansexuality, lesbigay focus, and bicentrism."
"Everybody that came over here and then left had essentially the same reaction: YUCK. A large part of that "yuck" was the highly evolved bisexuals who were quick at the gun with anything that didn't fit their bicentric notion of the universe. That a great deal of that bicentrism was thinly veiled homophobia didn't bother them in the least."

Etymology

From bi- + -centrism.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: bi-
Suffix: -centrism

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

bicentric bicentricity

Synonyms

bicentricity

Questions

What does bicentrism mean?: The state or quality of being bicentric (having two centres).
Where does bicentrism come from?: From bi- + -centrism.

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