Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quotaism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quo-taism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practice of taking a certain action to fulfil a quota, regardless of the action's merits (for example, ensuring that 10% of students admitted to a college are from a certain ethnic group, regardless of their qualifications).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"One night of television a week was given over to “Slovak night,” a practice many Czechs found annoying, seeing it merely as quotaism and adding nothing to the quality of the broadcast."

Etymology

From quota + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: quota

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does quotaism mean?: The practice of taking a certain action to fulfil a quota, regardless of the action's merits (for example, ensuring that 10% of students admitted to a college are from a certain ethnic group, regardless of their qualifications).
Where does quotaism come from?: From quota + -ism.

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