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pournelle chart

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
pour-nelle chart
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chart plotted on two axes — "attitude toward the state" and "attitude toward planned social progress" — used to visualize a person's political philosophy.

Etymology

Developed by American science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle in his 1963 dissertation in political science.

Inflected Forms

Pournelle charts (plural)

Phrases

Nolan chart Vosem chart

Frequently Paired Words

Nolan chart Vosem chart

Questions

What does pournelle chart mean?
A chart plotted on two axes — "attitude toward the state" and "attitude toward planned social progress" — used to visualize a person's political philosophy.
Where does pournelle chart come from?
Developed by American science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle in his 1963 dissertation in political science.

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