Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inversionism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ver-sion-ism
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Homosexuality, regarded as sexual inversion.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Parents and teachers, having but little or no knowledge of the laws of nature, are unable to detect the victims of inversionism."

Etymology

From inversion + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: inversion

Usage

Questions

What does inversionism mean?: Homosexuality, regarded as sexual inversion.
Where does inversionism come from?: From inversion + -ism.

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