Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neocolonialist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: neo-colo-nial-ist
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to neocolonialism.

noun

A neocolonial person.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- English colonialist English neocolonialist From neo- + colonialist.

Inflected Forms

more neocolonialist (comparative) most neocolonialist (superlative) neocolonialists (plural)

Synonyms

neocolonial neocolonist

Questions

What does neocolonialist mean?: Of or relating to neocolonialism.
Where does neocolonialist come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- English colonialist English neocolonialist From neo- + colonialist.

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