Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mcluhanian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mcluha-ni-an
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980), Canadian educator and philosopher, known for coining the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village".

Example Sentences

"Psychoanalytic and neoanalytic egopsychology represents a subjectivist counterpoint to McLuhanian posthumanism, and indeed, Americana is written within the confluence of both psychoanalytic and McLuhanian schools of thought."

Etymology

From McLuhan + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: McLuhan

Inflected Forms

more McLuhanian (comparative) most McLuhanian (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

McLuhanite McLuhanized

Questions

What does mcluhanian mean?: Of or relating to Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980), Canadian educator and philosopher, known for coining the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village".
Where does mcluhanian come from?: From McLuhan + -ian.

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