Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sedentarism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: seden-tarism
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The habit of being sedentary.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: sedentariness (usually synonymous)"
"A brief assessment tool has been recently designed to identify patients with high levels of sedentarism and low daily PA (Rapid Assessment Disuse Index-RADI)."

Etymology

From sedentar(y) + -ism. By surface analysis, sedent + -arism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sedentary

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

sedentariness

Questions

What does sedentarism mean?: The habit of being sedentary.
Where does sedentarism come from?: From sedentar(y) + -ism. By surface analysis, sedent + -arism.

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