Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tractarian

/trækˈtɛɹi.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables: trac-tar-i-an
IPA: /trækˈtɛɹi.ən/

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the Oxford movement.

adj

Pertaining to or characteristic of the Oxford movement.

adj

Pertaining to the ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.

Example Sentences

"The theory of truth-functions belongs by nature to Formal Logic, and is not intrinsically tied to any particular philosophical theory. However as it appears in the Tractarian milieu, it consorts with four very Tractarian thoughts."

Etymology

From tract + -arian, in reference to the tracts published by members of the Oxford movement.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /trækˈtɛɹi.ən/
British English: /trækˈtɛːɹi.ən/

Inflected Forms

Tractarians (plural) more Tractarian (comparative) most Tractarian (superlative)

Derived Forms

Tractarianism Tractarianize untractarian

Synonyms

Tractite Tractator Puseyite

Questions

How do you pronounce tractarian?: The recorded pronunciation is /trækˈtɛɹi.ən/.
What does tractarian mean?: A member of the Oxford movement.
Where does tractarian come from?: From tract + -arian, in reference to the tracts published by members of the Oxford movement.

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