Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malcolm x-ism

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables: mal-colm x-ism
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pressure and resistance against racism or xenophobic conditions.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"So Malcolm X-ism, the violence which is appearing in most of these civil rights organizations and to some extent its leadership, springs from an evaluation of the past ten years and the frustration which is inevitably coming to the fore […]"

Etymology

From Malcolm X + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Malcolm X

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does malcolm x-ism mean?: Pressure and resistance against racism or xenophobic conditions.
Where does malcolm x-ism come from?: From Malcolm X + -ism.

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