Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

martyrism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mar-tyrism
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of being a martyr; self-sacrifice.

Uncountable

noun

Putting on a show of suffering or ill-treatment.

Uncountable

Etymology

From martyr + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: martyr

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does martyrism mean?: The act of being a martyr; self-sacrifice.
Where does martyrism come from?: From martyr + -ism.

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