Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

usonianism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: uso-ni-an-ism
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A custom, idea, or practice peculiar to the United States.

Uncountable

noun

A preference for the US and the ideas it represents.

Uncountable

noun

The philosophical ideal of Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian architecture.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"That Ulibarri sees the Ecuadorean Indian as too burdened by a tradition of dehumanizing servitude is perhaps more revealing of his deep-seated Usonianism than of the Indians' real character."
"Already in the early process of developing a Usonian nationalist ideology, or Usonianism, […]"
"Broadacres was the ultimate landscape combining the best of the cities and the country, organicism, decentralization and usonianism."
""Usonianism," an architectural style that articulated Frank Lloyd Wright's social and economic principles of "usonian democracy," […]"
"Architect Frank Lloyd Wright pioneered Usonianism as the path to affordable modern residential architecture."

Etymology

Etymology tree English Usonian 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 Usonianism From Usonian + -ism.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

Americanism

Questions

What does usonianism mean?: A custom, idea, or practice peculiar to the United States.
Where does usonianism come from?: Etymology tree English Usonian 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 Usonianism From Usonian + -ism.

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