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dickensianism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dick-en-sian-ism
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An attitude or utterance characteristic of the English novelist Charles Dickens.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Dickensian + -ism.

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What does dickensianism mean?
An attitude or utterance characteristic of the English novelist Charles Dickens.
Where does dickensianism come from?
From Dickensian + -ism.

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