Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

statisticism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: statis-ti-cism
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive reliance on statistics.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Perhaps more troubling, though, is that even those sociologists who claim to be sensitive to the dangers of statisticism fall victim to it anyway."

Etymology

From statistic + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: statistic

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does statisticism mean?: Excessive reliance on statistics.
Where does statisticism come from?: From statistic + -ism.

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