Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

readerdom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: read-er-dom
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The realm, sphere, influence, or body of readers; readers collectively; readership.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In the name of outraged readerdom I protest against such betrayal."
"They come, I have found, separately and in substantial chunks. Your happy ending is obviously a sop to the tired business man of readerdom who prefers to do his thinking in the office."
""[…] He clashes with readerdom because he is his own ideal reader and those other readers are so very often mere lip- moving ghosts and amnesiacs” […]"
"[…] you—the huddled masses, the prols, the readers (who at this moment in history appear to be a dying breed)—to step from the shadows and affirm your readerdom, claiming it from the blight of infotainment and the cult of celebrity-worship TV!"

Etymology

From reader + -dom.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: reader

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does readerdom mean?: The realm, sphere, influence, or body of readers; readers collectively; readership.
Where does readerdom come from?: From reader + -dom.

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