Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pelmanism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pel-man-ism
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A system of training to improve the memory.

Uncountable

noun

A memory card game in which a pack of cards is spread out face-down and players try to turn up pairs with the same symbol.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Leamas who normally read nothing, read newspapers slowly and with concentration. He remembered details, like the names and addresses of people who were the subject of small news items. He did it almost unconsciously as a kind of private pelmanism, and it absorbed him entirely."

Etymology

From Pelman + -ism. Named after the Pelman Institute, founded in London in 1898.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: w:Pelman

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

concentration memory pairs

Questions

What does pelmanism mean?: A system of training to improve the memory.
Where does pelmanism come from?: From Pelman + -ism. Named after the Pelman Institute, founded in London in 1898.

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