Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bogeyism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bo-gey-ism
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Devilry; supernatural matters involving evil forces.

Uncountable

noun

The portrayal of one's enemies as dreadful; scapegoating.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The author seems to be a spiritualist, or, at least, to have a leaning to banshees and bogyism."
"Thus is experience laying bogyism in its grave, and the darkness of fear and trepidation born of ignorance is day by day giving away before the light of the knowledge derived from the truly herculean transmissions of the West."

Etymology

From bogey + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bogey

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

bogyism (alternative)

Questions

What does bogeyism mean?: Devilry; supernatural matters involving evil forces.
Where does bogeyism come from?: From bogey + -ism.

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