Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

informalism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-for-mal-ism
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word, phrase, behaviour, etc. that is informal.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An art movement based on abstract and gestural tendencies rather than definite form.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"At other times, in complete contrast, as noted elsewhere (Section 7.3), there is frequent recourse to slang and informalisms. Speech style in this sense is closely connected to footing."
"The reason we don't, he said, is because our educational system has swung too far in the direction of formal methods and has neglected such informalisms as common sense and natural language communication."

Etymology

From informal + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

informalisms (plural)

Questions

What does informalism mean?: A word, phrase, behaviour, etc. that is informal.
Where does informalism come from?: From informal + -ism.

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