Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phrastic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phras-tic
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The component of meaning in a sentence independent of mood or force.

Etymology

Coined by Richard Mervyn Hare in The Language of Morals in 1952

Inflected Forms

phrastics (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does phrastic mean?: The component of meaning in a sentence independent of mood or force.
Where does phrastic come from?: Coined by Richard Mervyn Hare in The Language of Morals in 1952

How to pronounce phrastic

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