teratism

ter·a·tism

T t

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ter-uh-tiz-uh m]
- /ˈtɛr əˌtɪz əm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ter-uh-tiz-uh m]
- /ˈtɛr əˌtɪz əm/

Definitions of teratism word

noun teratism love or worship of the monstrous. 1
noun teratism Biology. a monstrosity. 1
noun teratism a malformed animal or human, esp in the fetal stage; monster 0
noun teratism a malformed fetus 0

See all 4 definitions of teratism

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Origin of teratism

First appearance:

before 1900

One of the 17% newest English words

First recorded in 1900-05; terat- + -ism

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Parts of speech for Teratism

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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teratism popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

teratism usage trend in Literature

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