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breatharianism

/ˌbɹɛˈθɛəɹi.ənˌɪzəm/noun

breatharianism is spelled B-R-E-A-T-H-A-R-I-A-N-I-S-M: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, breatharianism means “The belief in, or practice of, living without food, subsisting instead on prana or sunlight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in breatharianism?

Letters14: B-R-E-A-T-H-A-R-I-A-N-I-S-M
In writingabout once in every 93 million words; the 309,272nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is breatharianism?

Breatharianism appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd 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).

How do you pronounce breatharianism?

  • /ˌbɹɛˈθɛəɹi.ənˌɪzəm/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does breatharianism mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The belief in, or practice of, living without food, subsisting instead on prana or sunlight.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Breatharianism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense Translations:

LanguageWords
Frenchrespirianisme
GermanNahrungslosigkeit

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 breatharianism come from?

From breatharian + -ism.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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