Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prehensive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-hen-sive
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension.

Example Sentences

"In Faraday's vision of the interpenetrability of matter, or in Whitehead's vision of the prehensive unification of space-time, is expressed the Unitive state of the mystic."

Inflected Forms

more prehensive (comparative) most prehensive (superlative)

Derived Forms

prehensiveness

Questions

What does prehensive mean?: Of or relating to Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension.

How to pronounce prehensive

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