Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

velikovskyism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ve-likovsky-ism
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pseudohistorical interpretation of ancient history and mythology as shaped by catastrophic cosmic events.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I had read Martin Gardner's polemics against pseudosciences like Scientology and Velikovskyism, and I was on the lookout for more."

Etymology

From Velikovsky + -ism, named after Russian-American psychoanalyst Immanuel Velikovsky (1895–1979).

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does velikovskyism mean?: A pseudohistorical interpretation of ancient history and mythology as shaped by catastrophic cosmic events.
Where does velikovskyism come from?: From Velikovsky + -ism, named after Russian-American psychoanalyst Immanuel Velikovsky (1895–1979).

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