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pantropy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pantropy
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of adapting humans through genetic and/or cybernetic means to thrive in environments otherwise inhospitable to them, such as outer space, the deep sea or other planets.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, “all”) + τροπή (tropḗ, “transformation”, literally “turning”), coined by American science-fiction writer James Blish and first attested in 1952.

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Frequently Paired Words

terraforming

Questions

What does pantropy mean?
The process of adapting humans through genetic and/or cybernetic means to thrive in environments otherwise inhospitable to them, such as outer space, the deep sea or other planets.
Where does pantropy come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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