Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

circulationism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cir-cu-la-tion-ism
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An emphasis on circulating goods as opposed to producing them.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In such a situation, Steyerl advocates, echoing Benjamin, an updated form of critical-cultural barbarism in the guise of a strategy of 'circulationism' – an emphasis on 'postproducing, launching, and accelerating' an image."
"Here, for Steyerl, “circulationism” is an appropriate descriptor: What the Soviet avant‐garde of the twentieth century called productivism – the claim that art should enter production and the factory – could now be replaced by circulationism."

Etymology

From circulation + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: circulation

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

circulationist

Questions

What does circulationism mean?: An emphasis on circulating goods as opposed to producing them.
Where does circulationism come from?: From circulation + -ism.

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