Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

consequentialist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables: con-se-quen-tial-ist
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who adheres to the philosophy of consequentialism.

adj

Of or relating to consequentialism or its adherents.

Etymology

Etymology tree English consequential Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English consequentialist From consequential + -ist.

Inflected Forms

consequentialists (plural) more consequentialist (comparative) most consequentialist (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonconsequentialist

Questions

What does consequentialist mean?: A person who adheres to the philosophy of consequentialism.
Where does consequentialist come from?: Etymology tree English consequential Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English consequentialist From consequential + -ist.

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