Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

omphalism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: om-phal-ism
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tendency to place the capital of a country at its geographical centre, or to increase the powers of central government at the expense of local government.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Last Thursdayism is a response to omphalism which posits that, by the same logic, the world might have been created last Thursday (or, by implication, any given date and time), but with the appearance of age: people's memories, history books, fossils, light already on the way from distant stars, and so forth."

Etymology

From omphal- + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: omphal
Suffix: ism

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does omphalism mean?: A tendency to place the capital of a country at its geographical centre, or to increase the powers of central government at the expense of local government.
Where does omphalism come from?: From omphal- + -ism.

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