Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yuppiedom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yup-piedom
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of being a yuppie.

Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Richard Greenberg's witty, sometimes insightful look at the perils of yuppiedom is now at Broadway's Golden Theatre."
"On the one hand, the Bonner marriage anticipates the mid-1980s ideal of yuppiedom […]"
"Where Wes Anderson invites his audience to share in the absurdity of inherited wealth and Whit Stillman aestheticizes yuppiedom, Rogers agonizes over his upper-crust circumstances."
"[…] the culture of yuppiedom […] seemed threatened with dissolution."

Etymology

From yuppie + -dom.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: yuppie

Usage

Questions

What does yuppiedom mean?: The condition of being a yuppie.
Where does yuppiedom come from?: From yuppie + -dom.

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