Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wertrational

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wer-tra-tional
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pursued because of reasons or motives intrinsic to the actor.

Etymology

Borrowed from German wertrational. Used by Max Weber.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: wertrational

Inflected Forms

more wertrational (comparative) most wertrational (superlative)

Derived Forms

wertrationality

Frequently Paired Words

instrumental zweckrational

Questions

What does wertrational mean?: Pursued because of reasons or motives intrinsic to the actor.
Where does wertrational come from?: It is traced to German.

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