Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ignorantism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ig-no-ran-tism
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The support or promotion of ignorance, or opposition to knowledge.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An ignorant belief or utterance; a solecism.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From ignorant + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ignorant

Usage

Inflected Forms

ignorantisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ignorantist

Synonyms

obscurantism

Questions

What does ignorantism mean?: The support or promotion of ignorance, or opposition to knowledge.
Where does ignorantism come from?: From ignorant + -ism.

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