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consequentialist

noun, adjective

consequentialist is spelled C-O-N-S-E-Q-U-E-N-T-I-A-L-I-S-T: 16 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, consequentialist means “A person who adheres to the philosophy of consequentialism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of consequentialist is consequentialists.

How many letters and syllables are in consequentialist?

Letters16: C-O-N-S-E-Q-U-E-N-T-I-A-L-I-S-T
In writingabout once in every 12 million words; the 105,204th 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 consequentialist?

Consequentialist appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th 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).

Forms of consequentialist

  • consequentialists plural
  • more consequentialist comparative
  • most consequentialist superlative

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

What does consequentialist mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    A person who adheres to the philosophy of consequentialism.

adjective

  1. 1

    Of or relating to consequentialism or its adherents.

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

Where does consequentialist come from?

From consequential + -ist.

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

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