Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mathesis

/məˈθiːsɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: math-e-sis
IPA: /məˈθiːsɪs/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Mental calculation or discipline; science, especially mathematical learning.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

The science of establishing a systematic order for things. (After Foucault.)

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Forget the Boys, forget your loyalties to your Dead, first of all to Rebekah, for she, they, are but distractions, temporal, flesh, ever attempting to drag the Uranian Devotee back down out of his realm of pure Mathesis, of that which abides."
"I’m using 'mathesis' — a universal science of measurement and order […]"

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman mathesis, Middle French mathesie, and their source, Late Latin mathesis (“astrology, liberal arts, science”), from Ancient Greek μάθησις (máthēsis, “learning”), from the same base as μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn”).

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: *men- (think), mathesis, mathesie, μάθησις

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /məˈθiːsɪs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

matheses (plural)

Derived Forms

mathetics

Questions

How do you pronounce mathesis?: The recorded pronunciation is /məˈθiːsɪs/.
What does mathesis mean?: Mental calculation or discipline; science, especially mathematical learning.
Where does mathesis come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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