Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rubberism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rub-berism
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fetishism for rubber or rubberwear.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Today, fetishism in all its forms - bondage, piercing, rubberism, mummification, asphyxiation, infantilism etc - is stigmatised as a socially unacceptable form of behaviour, even though there is a great deal of curiosity surrounding its practice."
"Rubberism, therefore, was clearly alive, if not well, long before the advent of the permissive 1960's."

Etymology

From rubber + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: rubber

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does rubberism mean?: Fetishism for rubber or rubberwear.
Where does rubberism come from?: From rubber + -ism.

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