Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

counterfactualism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coun-ter-fac-tu-al-ism
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of counterfactuality.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Gavriel D. Rosenfeld has devoted an entire book to a discussion of WWII counterfactualism: The World Hitler Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism."

Etymology

From counterfactual + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: counterfactual

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

counterfactuality

Questions

What does counterfactualism mean?: Synonym of counterfactuality.
Where does counterfactualism come from?: From counterfactual + -ism.

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