Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

logician

/ləˈd͡ʒɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables: lo-gi-cian
IPA: /ləˈd͡ʒɪʃən/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who studies or teaches logic.

Example Sentences

"“To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are.” ― “The Greek Interpreter”, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1894"
"It is not unknown for a logician to talk about exes and wyes."
"These two treatments of the predicate are typical of the two traditions in traditional logic—the intensional and the extensional traditions. Logicians who can be counted among the intensional logicians are Gottfried Leibniz, Johann Lambert, William Hamilton, Stanley Jevons, and Hugh MacColl. Among the extensional logicians are George Boole, Augustus De Morgan, Charles Peirce, and John Venn."

Etymology

From Middle English logicien, logissian, from Old French logicien. Equivalent to logic + -ian.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: logicien

Inflected Forms

logicians (plural) logitian (alternative)

Derived Forms

metalogician paralogician

Phrases

pseudo-logician

Rhymes With

position addition competition commission mission condition edition definition opposition permission tradition recognition

Questions

How do you pronounce logician?: The recorded pronunciation is /ləˈd͡ʒɪʃən/.
What does logician mean?: A person who studies or teaches logic.
Where does logician come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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