Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conservativism

/kənsˈɝvətɪvˌɪzəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables
con-ser-va-tivism
IPA
/kənsˈɝvətɪvˌɪzəm/
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rare form of conservatism.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English conservative 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 conservativism From conservative + -ism.

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Questions

How do you pronounce conservativism?
The recorded pronunciation is /kənsˈɝvətɪvˌɪzəm/.
What does conservativism mean?
Rare form of conservatism.
Where does conservativism come from?
Etymology tree English conservative 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 conservativism From conservative + -ism.

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