Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

simplificatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sim-pli-fi-ca-to-ry
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving to simplify.

Example Sentences

"Abandoning an exaggeratedly simplificatory 'explanation' does not mean (quite the contrary) that one should invoke another, equally simplificatory one […]"

Etymology

From simplify + -c- + -atory, compare simplification.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: simplify
Suffix: -c-

Questions

What does simplificatory mean?: Serving to simplify.
Where does simplificatory come from?: From simplify + -c- + -atory, compare simplification.

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