experimentalism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An empirical or pragmatic approach which emphasizes the importance of experimentation
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "By playing up the lushness of Webern’s “Langsamer Satz” and the experimentalism of Beethoven’s “Serioso” Quartet, for example, they created the impression that Beethoven was the more adventurous composer."
- "Finally, I argued that moderate experimentalism and IAE can help resolve these different kinds of conflicts."
Etymology
Etymology tree English experimental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English experimentalism From experimental + -ism.