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raciology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
raci-ol-o-gy
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The scientific study of human race.

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

noun

The racial makeup of a person or place.

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

Etymology

From racio- + -logy, apparently as a calque of German Rassenkunde. Related to French raciologie. First attested in 1924.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

raciologies (plural)

Questions

What does raciology mean?
The scientific study of human race.
Where does raciology come from?
It is traced to German. First known use: First attested in 1924.

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