Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

new ageism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables: new ageism
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

New Age beliefs and practices generally.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Appropriated stories were stripped by New Ageism of their demand for sacrifice and ritual, participation, shamanic guidance requiring more than the effort needed to sit before a television, read a trash novel, or crack open a geode."

Etymology

From New Age + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: New Age

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does new ageism mean?: New Age beliefs and practices generally.
Where does new ageism come from?: From New Age + -ism.

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