omnicause
/ˌɑmnəˈkɔz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The hypothesised relation of major political causes and issues, especially in the context of such relatedness being false or inessential.
Example Sentences
- "Palestinians have attained this status: as a group, they tick a great many intersectional victim boxes, while Omnicause adherents have long viewed Israel’s behaviour as a metonym for American oppression, both internally (racism, slavery) and externally (global imperial hegemony)."
- "But it was ever thus. Radical activism has always been a multipack deal. Our omnicause encompassed apartheid, Nicaragua, nuclear disarmament, the miners’ strike and that Thatcher-era hardy perennial, The Cuts."
- "The impact the critical race theory discipline has had on how the omnicause is articulated cannot be overstressed."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɑmnəˈkɔz/
- British English: /ˌɒmnɪˈkɔːz/
Inflected Forms
the omnicause (canonical)