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majorism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ma-jorism
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The political and economic policies of the British Conservative prime minister Sir John Major.

British usage; Uncountable

noun

The Lutheran theology of Georg Major.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English Major Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Majorism From Major + -ism.

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

Majorist Majoristic Majorite Thatcherism

Questions

What does majorism mean?
The political and economic policies of the British Conservative prime minister Sir John Major.
Where does majorism come from?
Etymology tree English Major Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Majorism From Major + -ism.

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