Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

programmist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-gram-mist
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who supports a programme or schedule, especially politically.

noun

A composer of program music.

Example Sentences

"But these first theorists and programmists of communism, who conceived their programmes after the fashion of an economic enterprise, a hygienic reform, or an educational institution[…]"
"In Quebec in 1875 he was ultramontane, programmist, out-Veuilloting Veuillot, swearing by Mgr. Bourget and Mgr. Lafleche[…]"
"the leit-motif, that much-vaunted invention of programmists"
"Yet all the while I find myself seriously distrusting the psychological validity of the current classification of composers into absolutists and programmists or impressionists."

Etymology

From programme + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: programme

Inflected Forms

programmists (plural)

Synonyms

programmatist

Questions

What does programmist mean?: One who supports a programme or schedule, especially politically.
Where does programmist come from?: From programme + -ist.

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