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frontierism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fron-tierism
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Support for a frontier; especially, the argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 that a settler colonial exceptionalism, under the guise of American democracy, was formed by appropriation of the rugged American frontier.

Uncountable

Etymology

From frontier + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

frontierist

Questions

What does frontierism mean?
Support for a frontier; especially, the argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 that a settler colonial exceptionalism, under the guise of American democracy, was formed by appropriation of the rugged American frontier.
Where does frontierism come from?
From frontier + -ism.

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