Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seminism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sem-i-nism
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The old theory that the newly created being is formed by the mixture of the seed of the male with the supposed seed of the female.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin sēmen (“seed”) + -ism.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: sēmen
Suffix: ism

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does seminism mean?: The old theory that the newly created being is formed by the mixture of the seed of the male with the supposed seed of the female.
Where does seminism come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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