Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

charlatanism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: char-la-tanism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being a charlatan

Uncountable

noun

An act of a charlatan

Countable

Example Sentences

"It will cure by science and philosophy instead of empiricism, and will deal the deadliest blow to charlatanism."

Etymology

Etymology tree English charlatan 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 charlatanism From charlatan + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

charlatanisms (plural)

Synonyms

charlatanerie charlatanry quackery

Questions

What does charlatanism mean?: The state of being a charlatan
Where does charlatanism come from?: Etymology tree English charlatan 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 charlatanism From charlatan + -ism.

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