Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fossilism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fos-sil-ism
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The science or state of fossils.

Uncountable

noun

The state of being extremely antiquated in views and opinions.

Uncountable

noun

A policy of reliance on fossil fuels.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"April 1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, letter to Mr. Cottle I would be a tolerable Mathematician, I would thoroughly know Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Optics, and Astronomy, Botany, Metallurgy, Fossilism, Chemistry, Geology, Anatomy, Medicine […]"
"Suffice it to say that the recourse to nuclear energy magnifies the problems of fossilism."

Etymology

From fossil + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fossil

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does fossilism mean?: The science or state of fossils.
Where does fossilism come from?: From fossil + -ism.

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