Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inmatehood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-mate-hood
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or condition of an inmate.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Prisons and mental hospitals show certain fundamental similarities in organizational structure, in goals, and in the nature of "inmatehood.""
"Conceptualizing "inmatehood" as involving a two-way "causal flow" between personality and social-system determinants reflects a transactional epistemology."
"The picture that Schreber provides of his confinement is one of onesided confrontations, innuendos, and unimaginable torture, while to all outward appearances he was the model of docile inmatehood."

Etymology

From inmate + -hood.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: inmate

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

inmatecy

Questions

What does inmatehood mean?: The state or condition of an inmate.
Where does inmatehood come from?: From inmate + -hood.

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