Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

incantationism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-can-ta-tion-ism
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practice or habit of making or revering incantations.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It became mixed with incantationism and magic, no doubt largely pagan in origin."
"The main cause of this inexactitude of the verse-meaning and the consequent incoherence of the Vedas appeared to my mind to be due to the so-called grammarism (not grammar), derivationism (not derivation), authenticationism (not authenticity), applicationism (not applicability), sacrificialism, incantationism, historicity and mythism."
"But after his period, Goryeo's Buddhism had so rapid a tendency of incantationism and formalism that it was degenerated."

Etymology

From incantation + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: incantation

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

incantationist

Questions

What does incantationism mean?: The practice or habit of making or revering incantations.
Where does incantationism come from?: From incantation + -ism.

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