Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suddenism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sud-denism
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tendency for processes to occur suddenly rather than gradually.

noun

The achievement of sudden enlightenment.

Example Sentences

"In regard to our Dog-hole of an Earth, my own Conviction is that the great Law of Nature is "Graduality" & not "Suddenism", & that the Cataclysms which have disturbed our Crust are but the Exceptions which prove the Rule itself—"
"Instead of gradualism, a lot of tradition and a little change, we find we have suddenism, no tradition and all change."
"Unqualified suddenism is as impossible to maintain as unqualified gradualism."

Etymology

From sudden + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sudden

Inflected Forms

suddenisms (plural)

Antonyms

gradualism

Questions

What does suddenism mean?: A tendency for processes to occur suddenly rather than gradually.
Where does suddenism come from?: From sudden + -ism.

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