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auteurism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
au-teurism
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A theory that considers a work of cinema or television as the work of its director, rather than of the actors or producers

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English auteur Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English auteurism From auteur + -ism.

Usage

Questions

What does auteurism mean?
A theory that considers a work of cinema or television as the work of its director, rather than of the actors or producers
Where does auteurism come from?
Etymology tree English auteur Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English auteurism From auteur + -ism.

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