Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pyrrhonism

/ˈpɪɹənɪz(ə)m/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: pyrrhon-ism
IPA: /ˈpɪɹənɪz(ə)m/

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The system of skeptical philosophy established by Pyrrho of Elis, centred on the idea that nothing can be known for certain; widespread skepticism, universal doubt.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Whosoever shall imagine a perpetuall confession of ignorance, and a judgement upright and without staggering, to what occasion soever may chance; That man conceives the true Phyrrhonisme."
"I have often been reproached with the aridity of my genius; a deficiency of imagination has been imputed to me as a crime; and the Pyrrhonism of my opinions has at all times rendered me notorious."
"The continuing impact on Jefferson of Reid's antiskepticism and that of his followers is clear in a statement he made to John Adams in 1820: "Rejecting all organs of information, therefore, but my senses, I rid myself of the pyrrhonisms with which an indulgence in speculations hyperphysical and antiphysical, so uselessly occupy and disquiet the mind ."

Etymology

From (the stem of) Latin Pyrrhō + -ism, after Middle French pyrrhonisme.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ism

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈpɪɹənɪz(ə)m/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Pyrrhonisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Pyrrhonist

Questions

How do you pronounce pyrrhonism?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɪɹənɪz(ə)m/.
What does pyrrhonism mean?: The system of skeptical philosophy established by Pyrrho of Elis, centred on the idea that nothing can be known for certain; widespread skepticism, universal doubt.
Where does pyrrhonism come from?: From (the stem of) Latin Pyrrhō + -ism, after Middle French pyrrhonisme.

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