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olympism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
olymp-ism
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spirit or ideals of the Olympic Games

Uncountable

noun

The advocacy or promotion of these principles

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English Olympic 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 Olympism From Olympic + -ism.

Usage

Questions

What does olympism mean?
A spirit or ideals of the Olympic Games
Where does olympism come from?
Etymology tree English Olympic 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 Olympism From Olympic + -ism.

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