Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

demosophy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-mos-o-phy
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the wisdom of the people; collective wisdom

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Elaboration of demosophy as a special doctrine assumes a new sociology of knowledge."
"The central concept of Kohn is “demosophy,” a sort of sociology, which is not only observing, but creative and rejuvenating."
"As democracy is a system to manage power, balancing individual interests through collective rule, so demosophy would be a system to manage knowledge, balancing individual experiences through collective wisdom."

Etymology

From demo- + -sophy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: demo
Suffix: sophy

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does demosophy mean?: the wisdom of the people; collective wisdom
Where does demosophy come from?: From demo- + -sophy.

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