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figurism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fig-urism
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An intellectual movement of Jesuit missionaries at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century, whose participants viewed the I Ching as a prophetic book containing the mysteries of Christianity, and prioritized working with the Qing Emperor (rather than with the Chinese literati) as a way of promoting Christianity in China.

Uncountable

Etymology

From figure + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

figurist

Questions

What does figurism mean?
An intellectual movement of Jesuit missionaries at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century, whose participants viewed the I Ching as a prophetic book containing the mysteries of Christianity, and prioritized working with the Qing Emperor (rather than with the Chinese literati) as a way of promoting Christianity in China.
Where does figurism come from?
From figure + -ism.

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