Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

usualism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: usu-al-ism
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something that is usual, or employed in the usual way; a norm.

Example Sentences

"The average between the stations of ages becomes a normal usualism that they can depend upon in insuring."
"In this communicational mode, language units can be differentiated as usualisms and contextualisms (Fig. 4-6)."

Etymology

From usual + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: usual

Inflected Forms

usualisms (plural)

Questions

What does usualism mean?: Something that is usual, or employed in the usual way; a norm.
Where does usualism come from?: From usual + -ism.

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