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warlordism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
war-lordism
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The behaviours and practices of warlords.

Uncountable

noun

The phenomenon of warlords exercising significant political and military control within a country or region.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English warlord 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 warlordism From warlord + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

warlordisms (plural)

Questions

What does warlordism mean?
The behaviours and practices of warlords.
Where does warlordism come from?
Etymology tree English warlord 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 warlordism From warlord + -ism.

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