Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bookism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: book-ism
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Discrimination against a book based on its content, cover, or authorship.

noun

Synonym of bookishness.

noun

Synonym of said-bookism.

Etymology

From book + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: book

Inflected Forms

bookisms (plural)

Derived Forms

bookist

Synonyms

bookishness said-bookism

Questions

What does bookism mean?: Discrimination against a book based on its content, cover, or authorship.
Where does bookism come from?: From book + -ism.

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