Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

observationalist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ob-ser-va-tion-al-ist
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who relies on empirical observations.

Example Sentences

"And so the stage was set for the current dispute, again pitting observationalists against theorists on the subject of global warming’s influence on the storms."

Etymology

From observational + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: observational

Inflected Forms

observationalists (plural)

Questions

What does observationalist mean?: One who relies on empirical observations.
Where does observationalist come from?: From observational + -ist.

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