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ancientism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
an-ci-en-tism
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The belief that people in ancient times were wiser than those of today.

Uncountable

Etymology

From ancient + -ism.

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Questions

What does ancientism mean?
The belief that people in ancient times were wiser than those of today.
Where does ancientism come from?
From ancient + -ism.

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