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garfinkelian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
garfinke-lian
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Harold Garfinkel (1917–2011), American sociologist and ethnomethodologist.

Etymology

From Garfinkel + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Garfinkelian (comparative) most Garfinkelian (superlative)

Questions

What does garfinkelian mean?
Of or relating to Harold Garfinkel (1917–2011), American sociologist and ethnomethodologist.
Where does garfinkelian come from?
From Garfinkel + -ian.

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