Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

continentalism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-ti-nen-tal-ism
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The adoption of common policies amongst the countries of a particular continent, especially continental Europe.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A word, phrase or habit typical of the continent.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From continental + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: continental

Usage

Inflected Forms

continentalisms (plural)

Questions

What does continentalism mean?: The adoption of common policies amongst the countries of a particular continent, especially continental Europe.
Where does continentalism come from?: From continental + -ism.

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