Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disidentification

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: disiden-ti-fi-ca-tion
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of disidentifying, or rejecting a personal or group identity.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Nixon, Cypher, and Heche are all proponents of gay rights and have expressed no shame about or disidentification from their same-sex relationships."
"The same applies to the tempestuous rows within internet communities, where toxic pulsions of identification and disidentification generate passionate solidarities and sudden explosions of hostilities."

Etymology

From dis- + identification.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dis

Usage

Inflected Forms

disidentifications (plural)

Questions

What does disidentification mean?: The act of disidentifying, or rejecting a personal or group identity.
Where does disidentification come from?: From dis- + identification.

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