Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xenoencyclopedia

/zɛnəɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpi(ː).di.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: xe-no-en-cy-clo-pe-dia
IPA: /zɛnəɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpi(ː).di.ə/

33

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

7

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An encyclopedia of science fiction.

Example Sentences

"The competent reader gradually learns more and more about the genre's own grand-scale xenoencyclopedia in order to understand each new work's specific xenoencyclopedia..."
"The (xeno)encyclopedia of the (science fiction) reader In L'empire du pseudo, Richard Saint-Gelais applies Umberto Eco's textual cooperation theory to the science fiction genre. He proposes to call “xenoencyclopedia” all the cognitive ..."
"They offer a supplement—or possibly a starting point—to the reader's “personal encyclopedia” (Eco 1985 [1979]) or, in this case, “xeno-encyclopedia” (Saint-Gelais 1999), which was constituted through previous Marvel readings and which these publications help to configure according to the publisher's..."

Etymology

From xeno- + encyclopedia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: xeno

Inflected Forms

xenoencyclopedias (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce xenoencyclopedia?: The recorded pronunciation is /zɛnəɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpi(ː).di.ə/.
What does xenoencyclopedia mean?: An encyclopedia of science fiction.
Where does xenoencyclopedia come from?: From xeno- + encyclopedia.

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