Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shamanism

/ˈʃeɪmənɪzəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English

Syllables: shaman-ism
IPA: /ˈʃeɪmənɪzəm/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Tungusic *samān Evenki сама̄н (samān)bor. Russian шама́н (šamán)bor. German Schamanebor. English shaman Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English shamanism From shaman + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

shamanisms (plural)

Derived Forms

neoshamanism

Phrases

techno-shamanism

Synonyms

asian shamanism

Questions

How do you pronounce shamanism?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃeɪmənɪzəm/.
What does shamanism mean?: Any of a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world.
Where does shamanism come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Tungusic *samān Evenki сама̄н (samān)bor. Russian шама́н (šamán)bor. German Schamanebor. English shaman Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English shamanism From shaman + -ism.

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