Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oil opera

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: oil -opera
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An amoral drama focusing on corporate and domestic struggles, the lead character being a business person fixated on pursuing a resource by any means necessary.

Example Sentences

"The oil operas pretty much do away with questions of social conscience. There are no moral values as such, only instrumental values which either work or don't work in advancing one to still greater heights of wealth and corporate power."

Inflected Forms

oil operas (plural)

Questions

What does oil opera mean?: An amoral drama focusing on corporate and domestic struggles, the lead character being a business person fixated on pursuing a resource by any means necessary.

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