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sciosophy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scios-o-phy
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

False or pretended knowledge of science or natural phenomena.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) and Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “knowledge, wisdom”). Coined by American academic David Starr Jordan.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sciosophies (plural)

Questions

What does sciosophy mean?
False or pretended knowledge of science or natural phenomena.
Where does sciosophy come from?
From Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) and Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “knowledge, wisdom”). Coined by American academic David Starr Jordan.

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