bipedalism
noun
bipedalism is a noun meaning “The habit of standing and walking on two feet; the state of being bipedal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled B-I-P-E-D-A-L-I-S-M, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does bipedalism mean?
noun
- 1
The habit of standing and walking on two feet; the state of being bipedal
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is bipedalism?
Bipedalism appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Bipedalism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense habit of standing and walking on two feet:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bipédie |
| Portuguese | bipedismo |
| Spanish | bipedalismo, bipedación, bipedestación, ortogradismo, bipedismo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bipedalism come from?
From bipedal + -ism. By surface analysis, bi- + -pedalism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).