Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

platygaeanism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: platy-gaeanism
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The belief that the Earth's shape is a plane or disk.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It should be clear that my presentation of platygaeanism is *much* more cogent and intelligent than anything creationists or astrologers have been able to come up with."
"According to Ron Numbers's _The Creationists_, geocentrism remained common among Missouri synod Lutherans until about a century ago (and still has followers in various sects). Platygaeanism had its adherents until recently, at least."
"All that site did list were a few people that I thought existed already followed by a posse of perfectly understandable reasons for me to have believed in Catholic Platygæanism at least until now."

Etymology

From platy- + Gaea + -an + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: platy-
Suffix: Gaea

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

platygæanism (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

platygaean geocentrism

Synonyms

platygeism

Questions

What does platygaeanism mean?: The belief that the Earth's shape is a plane or disk.
Where does platygaeanism come from?: From platy- + Gaea + -an + -ism.

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