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timonization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ti-m-o-niza-tion
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The transformation of someone into a bitter misanthrope, a Timonist, like Timon of Athens.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Timonize + -ation, after the 5th-century-BCE person Timon of Athens (as described by Plutarch, Lucian, and Aristophanes), possibly by way of William Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens (c. 1607). Used by Raymond Ronald Long in his study The Hidden Sun (1965).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Timonizations (plural)

Synonyms

Timonizing

Questions

What does timonization mean?
The transformation of someone into a bitter misanthrope, a Timonist, like Timon of Athens.
Where does timonization come from?
From Timonize + -ation, after the 5th-century-BCE person Timon of Athens (as described by Plutarch, Lucian, and Aristophanes), possibly by way of William Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens (c. 1607). Used by Raymond Ronald Long in his study The Hidden Sun (1965).

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