Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

speculativism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spec-u-la-tivism
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An approach based on speculation rather than any formal method.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"At any rate, from the point of view of proper science, it marks an important step back, a step towards increased speculativism, the method of the alchemists."

Etymology

From speculative + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: speculative

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does speculativism mean?: An approach based on speculation rather than any formal method.
Where does speculativism come from?: From speculative + -ism.

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