Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defamiliarization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-fa-mil-iar-iza-tion
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of defamiliarisation.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English familiarization English defamiliarization From de- + familiarization.

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Questions

What does defamiliarization mean?
Alternative spelling of defamiliarisation.
Where does defamiliarization come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English familiarization English defamiliarization From de- + familiarization.

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