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postconventional

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
post-con-ven-tion-al
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Belonging to the last of Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development, involving a social contract orientation and universal ethical principles.

Etymology

From post- + conventional.

Word Breakdown

Frequently Paired Words

conventional preconventional

Questions

What does postconventional mean?
Belonging to the last of Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development, involving a social contract orientation and universal ethical principles.
Where does postconventional come from?
From post- + conventional.

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