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voluntarism

/ˈvɑ.lən.t(ə.)ɹɪ.zəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
vo-lun-ta-ri-sm
IPA
/ˈvɑ.lən.t(ə.)ɹɪ.zəm/
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end; volunteerism.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

A doctrine that assigns the most dominant position to the will rather than the intellect.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English voluntarie English voluntary Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English voluntarism From voluntary + -ism.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈvɑ.lən.t(ə.)ɹɪ.zəm/
  • British English: /ˈvɒ.lən.t(ə.)ɹɪ.zəm/

Usage

Inflected Forms

voluntarisms (plural)

Derived Forms

voluntarist voluntaristic involuntarism

Frequently Paired Words

voluntaryism

Questions

How do you pronounce voluntarism?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɑ.lən.t(ə.)ɹɪ.zəm/.
What does voluntarism mean?
A reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end; volunteerism.
Where does voluntarism come from?
Etymology tree Middle English voluntarie English voluntary Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English voluntarism From voluntary + -ism.

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