Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scotomization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sco-tomiza-tion
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

According to some psychoanalytic theories, the mental ability to delete and forget a trauma or overwhelming event.

Uncountable

Etymology

The word was borrowed from the word scotoma (blind spot) by psychiatrists in the 1920s. By surface analysis, scot- + -omize + -ate + -ion.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

scotomizations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

scotomize

Questions

What does scotomization mean?: According to some psychoanalytic theories, the mental ability to delete and forget a trauma or overwhelming event.
Where does scotomization come from?: The word was borrowed from the word scotoma (blind spot) by psychiatrists in the 1920s. By surface analysis, scot- + -omize + -ate + -ion.

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