Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snopesism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: snope-sism
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Unscrupulous or heartless behaviour; rapacity.

American usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Of course, Faulkner went on in “A Fable” to make Snopesism generic. He proclaims that human “rapacity” is universal."

Etymology

From Snopes + -ism, from the surname of several unscrupulous or heartless characters in the Snopes trilogy (1940–1959) by William Faulkner.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Snopes

Usage

American usage
Uncountable

Synonyms

Snopeishness

Questions

What does snopesism mean?: Unscrupulous or heartless behaviour; rapacity.
Where does snopesism come from?: From Snopes + -ism, from the surname of several unscrupulous or heartless characters in the Snopes trilogy (1940–1959) by William Faulkner.

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