Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paradoxism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
para-dox-ism
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An avant-garde movement in the arts etc, based on heavy use of contradictions and paradoxes, founded by F. Smarandache in the 1980s.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English paradox Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English paradoxism From paradox + -ism.

Usage

Questions

What does paradoxism mean?
An avant-garde movement in the arts etc, based on heavy use of contradictions and paradoxes, founded by F. Smarandache in the 1980s.
Where does paradoxism come from?
Etymology tree English paradox Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English paradoxism From paradox + -ism.

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