Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keynesian beauty contest

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

Syllables: key-ne-sian beau-ty -con-test
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A theoretical beauty contest where judges are rewarded for selecting the most popular faces among all judges, rather than those they personally find the most attractive. The idea may be applied to the buying of stocks in financial markets.

Inflected Forms

Keynesian beauty contests (plural)

Questions

What does keynesian beauty contest mean?: A theoretical beauty contest where judges are rewarded for selecting the most popular faces among all judges, rather than those they personally find the most attractive. The idea may be applied to the buying of stocks in financial markets.

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