Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neo-sunni

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: neo--sun-ni
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to reinterpreted forms of Sunnism

Example Sentences

"As noted, alShawkani was the most influential member of the neo Sunni school that arose in Zaydi Yaman"
"Warith probably over-stated the success of Farrakhan's sectlet in attracting the nationalist Black public at the expense of his integralist neo-Sunni Black Muslim core"
"[…] neo-Sunni Blacks who graduated from Warith's post-1975 sect into a drive to achieve comprehensive Islamic law […]"

Etymology

From neo- + Sunni.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: neo

Questions

What does neo-sunni mean?: Pertaining to reinterpreted forms of Sunnism
Where does neo-sunni come from?: From neo- + Sunni.

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