Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ramian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rami-an
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the thought of Petrus Ramus (1515-1572), French philosopher, humanist, logician, and educational reformer.

Example Sentences

"Sixth, in the intellectual life of our culture, paradigms and categories of analysis adapted long ago from Ramian dialectica, classical and Newtonian physics, and Hegelian Marxian dialectics are being superseded by paradigms more appropriate to a vastly expanded store of knowledge and the consequent reorganization of contemporary experience."

Etymology

From Ramus + -an.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Ramus

Inflected Forms

more Ramian (comparative) most Ramian (superlative)

Questions

What does ramian mean?: Of or pertaining to the thought of Petrus Ramus (1515-1572), French philosopher, humanist, logician, and educational reformer.
Where does ramian come from?: From Ramus + -an.

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