Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parvenuism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
par-venuism
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practices or characteristics of a social climber.

Uncountable

Etymology

From parvenu + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

parvenuisms (plural)

Questions

What does parvenuism mean?
The practices or characteristics of a social climber.
Where does parvenuism come from?
From parvenu + -ism.

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