Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

completism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
com-pletism
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A desire to obtain a complete collection of some type of thing.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From complete + -ism. Originally from fanspeak, the slang of science fiction fans.

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Frequently Paired Words

completist

Questions

What does completism mean?
A desire to obtain a complete collection of some type of thing.
Where does completism come from?
From complete + -ism. Originally from fanspeak, the slang of science fiction fans.

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