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entactogen

/ɛnˈtæktəd͡ʒn̩/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
en-tact-o-gen
IPA
/ɛnˈtæktəd͡ʒn̩/
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An empathogen.

Etymology

From en- + tactile + -o- + -gen, coined by American pharmacologist and medicinal chemist David E. Nichols in 1986 as an alternative to empathogen, attempting to avoid possible negative connotations from πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

entactogens (plural)

Derived Forms

entactogenic

Questions

How do you pronounce entactogen?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɛnˈtæktəd͡ʒn̩/.
What does entactogen mean?
An empathogen.
Where does entactogen come from?
From en- + tactile + -o- + -gen, coined by American pharmacologist and medicinal chemist David E. Nichols in 1986 as an alternative to empathogen, attempting to avoid possible negative connotations from πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

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