Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paretian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pare-tian
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to Vilfredo Pareto (1848–1923), Italian sociologist, economist and philosopher.

Example Sentences

"To come back to preferences and the controversies between economists on the nature of the utility, those such as Armstrong who criticized the Paretian ordinal concept of utility, since it implies the transitivity of the indifference relation, concluded that the utility had to be measurable."

Etymology

From Pareto + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Pareto

Inflected Forms

more Paretian (comparative) most Paretian (superlative)

Questions

What does paretian mean?: Relating to Vilfredo Pareto (1848–1923), Italian sociologist, economist and philosopher.
Where does paretian come from?: From Pareto + -ian.

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