Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

psychostasia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: psy-chosta-sia
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The weighing of souls, as a form of judgment of people's worth.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψυχοστασία (psukhostasía, “weighing of lives”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ψυχοστασία

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does psychostasia mean?: The weighing of souls, as a form of judgment of people's worth.
Where does psychostasia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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