Transcription
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- [hi-teer-iz-uh m]
- /hɪˈtɪər ɪz əm/
- /hˈeteərˌɪzəm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hi-teer-iz-uh m]
- /hɪˈtɪər ɪz əm/
Definitions of hetaerism word
- noun hetaerism concubinage. 1
- noun hetaerism a social system in which the women are considered common property. 1
- noun hetaerism A theoretical early state of human society (as postulated by 19th-century anthropologists) which was characterized by the absence of the institution of marriage in any form, and where women were the common property of their tribe, and the children never knew their fathers. Synonym: \"primitive promiscuity\". 1
- noun hetaerism the state of being a concubine 0
- noun hetaerism a social system attributed to some primitive societies, in which women are communally shared 0
- noun hetaerism concubinage 0
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Origin of hetaerism
First appearance:
before 1855 One of the 30% newest English words
First recorded in 1855-60; hetaer(a) + -ism
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Parts of speech for Hetaerism
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hetaerism popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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