Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

creaturism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crea-tur-ism
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

animalistic behaviour

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The selfishness of this sort, with reverence I write it, is no more creaturism than it is creatorism. For a being that acts, whether created or uncreated, must act from some principle; and if that principle is good, the conduct flowing from it must certainly bestow pleasure."
"[…] abolitionists failed to take into account […] the negro's native creaturism. After their liberation, the negroes mistook license for liberty. They gathered in the towns, gave themselves over to creature pleasures, and forsook the useful habits of duty which slavery had instilled."

Etymology

From creature + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: creature

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does creaturism mean?: animalistic behaviour
Where does creaturism come from?: From creature + -ism.

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