Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

medicalism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: med-i-cal-ism
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medicine-based philosophy or approach; a tendency to medicalize.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"If a person truly believes in the mythology of Black Muslimism — or Judaism, or Christianity — then he does not need the ersatz mythology of medicalism and therapeutism."

Etymology

medical + -ism

Word Breakdown

Suffix: medical

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does medicalism mean?: A medicine-based philosophy or approach; a tendency to medicalize.
Where does medicalism come from?: medical + -ism

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