Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

commonplaceism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-mon-pla-ceism
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being commonplace; banality.

Uncountable

noun

Something that is commonplace; a trite remark.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Hence the interminable commonplaceism and prolixity of his writings."

Etymology

From commonplace + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: commonplace

Usage

Inflected Forms

commonplaceisms (plural)

Questions

What does commonplaceism mean?: The quality of being commonplace; banality.
Where does commonplaceism come from?: From commonplace + -ism.

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