Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superpluralism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-plu-ral-ism
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The view that higher-level plural reference and quantification are legitimate and useful expressive resources, often in opposition to singularist analyses that reduce plurals to set-like objects.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Superplurals have come up time and again in the preceding chapters. We have observed on several occasions that the expressive resources afforded by superplurals would have useful applications."

Etymology

From superplural + -ism.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

superplural superplurality pluralism

Synonyms

plupluralism

Antonyms

singularism

Questions

What does superpluralism mean?: The view that higher-level plural reference and quantification are legitimate and useful expressive resources, often in opposition to singularist analyses that reduce plurals to set-like objects.
Where does superpluralism come from?: From superplural + -ism.

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