Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

decist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-cist
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the opposition faction within the Bolshevik party known as the Democratic Centralists.

Etymology

Calque of Russian децист (decist), in turn derived from Russian демократи́ческий централи́зм (demokratíčeskij centralízm, “democratic centralism”).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: демократи́ческий централи́зм

Inflected Forms

Decists (plural)

Questions

What does decist mean?: A member of the opposition faction within the Bolshevik party known as the Democratic Centralists.
Where does decist come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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