Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pygmalionism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pyg-malion-ism
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Love for an object of one's own creation.

Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of Pygmalionism.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Pygmalion + -ism.

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Questions

What does pygmalionism mean?
Love for an object of one's own creation.
Where does pygmalionism come from?
From Pygmalion + -ism.

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