Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyphenism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-phenism
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The use of hyphenated terms to describe people's identities, e.g. in Irish-American.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"What may be called, for want of a better term, the colonial spirit, which is the essence of hyphenism, has persisted in this country to hamper national progress and national unity."

Etymology

From hyphen + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hyphen

Usage

Inflected Forms

hyphenisms (plural)

Questions

What does hyphenism mean?: The use of hyphenated terms to describe people's identities, e.g. in Irish-American.
Where does hyphenism come from?: From hyphen + -ism.

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