Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

solutionist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: so-lu-tion-ist
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A solver of problems or puzzles.

adj

Advocating or working towards a solution to some problem (often used to imply that no simple solution exists).

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"The ideology of solutionism is thus essential to helping Silicon Valley maintain its image. The technology press — along with the meme-hustlers at the TED conference — are only happy to play up any solutionist undertakings."
"Some promote MOOCS as the future of lower-cost higher eduction, while others lament them a solutionist privatization of educational practice."
"Silicon Valley prides itself on a solutionist worldview. Founders are told to think of a problem and then build a company that solves it. They invent problems no one has just to say it's been fixed."

Etymology

From solution + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: solution

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

solutionists (plural) more solutionist (comparative) most solutionist (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

solutionism

Questions

What does solutionist mean?: A solver of problems or puzzles.
Where does solutionist come from?: From solution + -ist.

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