Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conscious uncoupling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables: con-scious un-cou-pling
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Divorce or similar separation.

Countable; Humorous; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Most “conscious uncouplings” after 50 are initiated by financially stable women who are still working or have enough money to set out solo."
"Few organisations have an enterprise relationship management strategy, few have documented processes and can verbalise how relationships are created and maintained. Even fewer can describe how relationships are exited in a way that all parties remain whole through 'conscious uncoupling'."
"As product selling and solution selling split off from accelerator selling (call it “conscious uncoupling” if you like), there are two major implications."

Etymology

Coined by the author Katherine Woodward Thomas, popularised by Gwyneth Paltrow, who used the phrase to describe her divorce.

Usage

Inflected Forms

conscious uncouplings (plural)

Questions

What does conscious uncoupling mean?: Divorce or similar separation.
Where does conscious uncoupling come from?: Coined by the author Katherine Woodward Thomas, popularised by Gwyneth Paltrow, who used the phrase to describe her divorce.

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