Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

embetterment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: em-bet-ter-ment
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Improvement, betterment.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The flagrant act by the House to exclude Powell only reveals how this session of the House is so blinded by that element in the Congress that surreptitiously rebels against the embetterment of all Americans, of all births."
"Since individual consciousness is cultural, it is acquired; since it is acquired, it can be improved, made just, and cultures are obliged to use it for their embetterment."
"I believe it's an opportunity for educators and parents to express their frustration to the embetterment of the public school system."
"Like my Pa, Josh willed all of his mortal remains to the embetterment of science."

Etymology

From embetter + -ment.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: embetter

Usage

Inflected Forms

embetterments (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

embetter

Questions

What does embetterment mean?: Improvement, betterment.
Where does embetterment come from?: From embetter + -ment.

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