Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parallel society

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

Syllables: par-al-lel -so-ci-ety
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ethnic or religious minority group that organizes itself so as to reduce or minimize contact with the majority society into which it immigrated.

Inflected Forms

parallel societies (plural)

Questions

What does parallel society mean?: An ethnic or religious minority group that organizes itself so as to reduce or minimize contact with the majority society into which it immigrated.

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