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oralism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oral-ism
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A philosophy of education for the deaf, opposed to manualism, that uses spoken language consisting of lipreading, speech, the process of watching mouth movements, and mastering breathing techniques.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From oral + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

oralisms (plural)

Questions

What does oralism mean?
A philosophy of education for the deaf, opposed to manualism, that uses spoken language consisting of lipreading, speech, the process of watching mouth movements, and mastering breathing techniques.
Where does oralism come from?
From oral + -ism.

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