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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

manualism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
man-u-al-ism
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A philosophy of education for the deaf, emphasizing visual sign language using the hands.

Uncountable

noun

The art of playing music by squeezing air through the hands.

Uncountable

noun

The practice of producing manuals, or instruction books, to train the Roman Catholic clergy.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English manual 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 manualism From manual + -ism.

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

manualist oralism

Questions

What does manualism mean?
A philosophy of education for the deaf, emphasizing visual sign language using the hands.
Where does manualism come from?
Etymology tree English manual 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 manualism From manual + -ism.

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