Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epistemicide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: epis-temi-cide
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The destruction of (a targeted people or group's) knowledge.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Portuguese epistemicídio, coined by Portuguese sociologist Boaventura de Sousa Santos. Equivalent to episteme/epistemic + -(i)cide.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: epistemicídio

Usage

Inflected Forms

epistemicides (plural)

Questions

What does epistemicide mean?: The destruction of (a targeted people or group's) knowledge.
Where does epistemicide come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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