Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gothdom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: goth-dom
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The Gothic subculture generally.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Still, Anne is clear that she was destined for gothdom. She explains: In high school, I made one or two desultory attempts at generally wearing black, varying from the established jeans or khakis. It was frowned upon heavily."
"But the clothes don't make the goth: A number of groups flirt with gothdom, but aren't consistently accepted as gothic."
"Even goths who enjoy the social aspect of gothdom might not want to participate in anything as large as M'era Luna or Dracula's Ball[…]"

Etymology

From goth + -dom.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: goth

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does gothdom mean?: The Gothic subculture generally.
Where does gothdom come from?: From goth + -dom.

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