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bowling alone thesis

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables
bowl-ing alone the-sis
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The posited decline of social capital in the United States since 1950.

Etymology

After Bowling Alone, a 1995 essay and 2000 book by Robert D. Putnam, who gave the example of young Americans bowling on their own rather than in teams.

Inflected Forms

the bowling alone thesis (canonical)

Questions

What does bowling alone thesis mean?
The posited decline of social capital in the United States since 1950.
Where does bowling alone thesis come from?
After Bowling Alone, a 1995 essay and 2000 book by Robert D. Putnam, who gave the example of young Americans bowling on their own rather than in teams.

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