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distributism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables
dis-tributism
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An economic ideology, based on Catholic social teachings, according to which property ownership is a fundamental right and the means of production should be spread as widely as possible rather than being centralized under the control of the state, corporations, or a few individuals.

Uncountable

Etymology

From distribute + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

distributionism (alternative) distributivism (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

distributist

Questions

What does distributism mean?
An economic ideology, based on Catholic social teachings, according to which property ownership is a fundamental right and the means of production should be spread as widely as possible rather than being centralized under the control of the state, corporations, or a few individuals.
Where does distributism come from?
From distribute + -ism.

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