Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kemalist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: ke-mal-ist
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the ideology of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; following the ideals of Kemalism, including separation of the new Turkish state from its Ottoman predecessor and the embracement of Western-style democracy and secularism.

noun

One who follows the ideals of Kemalism.

Example Sentences

"From successive crises in Crete and Cyprus over enosis (‘union’) with the Greek mainland to the great clash with Kemalist Turkey over Anatolia in the aftermath of the First World War, dreams of greater Greece have wrought untold havoc in the eastern Mediterranean."

Etymology

From Kemal + -ist, after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Kemal

Inflected Forms

Kemalists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Kemalism

Questions

What does kemalist mean?: Of or pertaining to the ideology of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; following the ideals of Kemalism, including separation of the new Turkish state from its Ottoman predecessor and the embracement of Western-style democracy and secularism.
Where does kemalist come from?: From Kemal + -ist, after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

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