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millikanian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mil-lika-ni-an
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Ruth Millikan (born 1933), American philosopher of biology, psychology, and language.

Etymology

From Millikan + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Millikanian (comparative) most Millikanian (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

biosemantics teleosemantics

Questions

What does millikanian mean?
Of or relating to Ruth Millikan (born 1933), American philosopher of biology, psychology, and language.
Where does millikanian come from?
From Millikan + -ian.

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