Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

descendentalism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-scen-den-tal-ism
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A doctrine that emphasizes empiricism and positivism; a philosophical focus on material and worldly matters.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Epistemological descendentalism withdraws from the celestial, and infernal, regions to matter of fact; it presumes that, in a world of universal evil, no other realm can or need be sought but that in which man comes to know the evil which is his life."

Etymology

From descendental + -ism.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

transcendentalism

Questions

What does descendentalism mean?: A doctrine that emphasizes empiricism and positivism; a philosophical focus on material and worldly matters.
Where does descendentalism come from?: From descendental + -ism.

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