Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preternaturalism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: preter-nat-u-ral-ism
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being preternatural; a preternatural condition.

Uncountable

noun

Belief in the preternatural.

Uncountable

Etymology

From preternatural + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: preternatural

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

preternaturalisms (plural)

Questions

What does preternaturalism mean?: The state of being preternatural; a preternatural condition.
Where does preternaturalism come from?: From preternatural + -ism.

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