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postmodernize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
post-mod-ern-ize
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make postmodern.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English postmodern Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English postmodernize From postmodern + -ize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

postmodernizes (present, singular) postmodernizing (participle, present) postmodernized (participle, past) postmodernized (past)

Questions

What does postmodernize mean?
To make postmodern.
Where does postmodernize come from?
Etymology tree English postmodern Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English postmodernize From postmodern + -ize.

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