Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postmodernist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables: post-mod-ernist
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

noun

An advocate or follower of postmodernism.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English modern English postmodern Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English postmodernist From postmodern + -ist.

Inflected Forms

more postmodernist (comparative) most postmodernist (superlative) postmodernists (plural)

Phrases

post-postmodernist

Frequently Paired Words

modernist

Synonyms

postmodern

Questions

What does postmodernist mean?: postmodern
Where does postmodernist come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English modern English postmodern Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English postmodernist From postmodern + -ist.

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