voluntaristic
/vɒləntəˈɹɪstɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to voluntary activity; supporting or promoting voluntarism.
Example Sentences
- "Open space, the incursions of commercialism and the growing prestige of polite society produced an urban environment increasingly consonant with the voluntaristic collective culture of the philosophes."
Etymology
From voluntarist + -ic or voluntary + -istic.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: voluntarist, voluntary
- Suffix: -ic, -istic
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /vɒləntəˈɹɪstɪk/
Inflected Forms
more voluntaristic (comparative)
most voluntaristic (superlative)