Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neuterlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: neuter-like
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having neuter characteristics; apparently sexless.

Example Sentences

"In another critique that glorifies male aggression, Frank Chin (1972) contrasted the neuterlike characteristics assigned to Asian men to the sexually aggressive images associated with other men of color: […]"
"Wielding the simulacra of phallocratic corporate power, pop artists (like the diminutive, neuterlike Wizard of Oz) symbolically pursued their only hope of securing some of that male power themselves."

Etymology

From neuter + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: neuter

Inflected Forms

more neuterlike (comparative) most neuterlike (superlative)

Questions

What does neuterlike mean?: Having neuter characteristics; apparently sexless.
Where does neuterlike come from?: From neuter + -like.

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