Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ethnographic present

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: ethno-graph-ic p-re-sent
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The present tense formerly used in ethnographies, even for cultures that no longer existed by the time they were written.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"When he said they hunt buffalo, he was using the ethnographic present- there are no buffalo on the reservation."

Usage

Inflected Forms

ethnographic presents (plural)

Questions

What does ethnographic present mean?: The present tense formerly used in ethnographies, even for cultures that no longer existed by the time they were written.

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