Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

departmentalism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-part-men-tal-ism
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive adherence to departmental methods, rules or structure.

Uncountable

noun

Organization by government departments, as opposed to other mechanisms, such as NGOs.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Lord Whitelaw, then Chairman of the Conservative Party Policy Committee, considered that departmentalism would be more effective than umbrellaism."

Etymology

From departmental + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: departmental

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does departmentalism mean?: Excessive adherence to departmental methods, rules or structure.
Where does departmentalism come from?: From departmental + -ism.

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