adherent
/ædˈ(h)ɪɹ.ənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.60 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
noun
A person who has membership in some group, association, or religion.
Example Sentences
- "Close to the cliff with both his hands he clung And stuck adherent, and suspended hung."
- "Half (49.9%) of patients were adherent to their regimens, 42.6% were underadherent, and 7.6% had medication oversupply."
- "While the concept of remigration has long existed in academia, its hijacking by the far right on social media appears to have begun about a decade ago when French adherents to identitarianism, an ethno-nationalist movement, organised what they described as the inaugural meeting in Paris on remigration."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Latin adhaerēnsder. Old French adherentbor. Middle English adherent English adherent From Middle English adherent, from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerēns, present participle of adhaereō (“to stick to, cling”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: adherent, adhaerēns
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ædˈ(h)ɪɹ.ənt/
- British English: /ædˈ(h)ɪə.ɹənt/