Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grandmotherism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: grand-moth-erism
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

grandmotherly behaviour; mild or weak authoritarianism

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] but I hold that strong evils require strong measures to suppress them, and there is no reason why professional etiquette should be another name for grandmotherism."
"Bureaucracy begins as well-meaning grandmotherism and ends as tyranny."

Etymology

From grandmother + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: grandmother

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does grandmotherism mean?: grandmotherly behaviour; mild or weak authoritarianism
Where does grandmotherism come from?: From grandmother + -ism.

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