Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underdogism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-do-gism
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Tenacious support for the underdog, or disadvantaged party

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"That creed, as it emerges from a study of the sacred oxen, is underdogism, which may be called egalitarianism or the yearning to level; […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English underdog Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English underdogism From underdog + -ism.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

underdoggism (alternative)

Questions

What does underdogism mean?: Tenacious support for the underdog, or disadvantaged party
Where does underdogism come from?: Etymology tree English underdog Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English underdogism From underdog + -ism.

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