Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retentionist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-ten-tion-ist
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who advocates retention

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A person or government who advocates retention of the death penalty

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Favouring retention

Etymology

From retention + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: retention

Usage

Inflected Forms

retentionists (plural)

Questions

What does retentionist mean?: A person who advocates retention
Where does retentionist come from?: From retention + -ist.

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