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tocquevillian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
toc-quevil-lian
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Alexis de Tocqueville, or characteristic of his democratic ideals.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Tocqueville Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Tocquevillian From Tocqueville + -ian.

Inflected Forms

more Tocquevillian (comparative) most Tocquevillian (superlative)

Phrases

Tocqueville effect

Frequently Paired Words

Tocqueville effect

Questions

What does tocquevillian mean?
Of or pertaining to Alexis de Tocqueville, or characteristic of his democratic ideals.
Where does tocquevillian come from?
Etymology tree English Tocqueville Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Tocquevillian From Tocqueville + -ian.

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