familism
noun
familism is a noun meaning “The beliefs or practice of the Family of Love religious sect, active in sixteenth century England” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-S-M, and it appears about once in every 78 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of familism is familisms.
What does familism mean?
noun
- 1
The beliefs or practice of the Family of Love religious sect, active in sixteenth century England.
- 2
A form of social structure in which the needs of the family as a group are more important than the needs of any individual family member.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of familism
- familisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is familism?
Familism appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th 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).
Where does familism come from?
From Latin familia + -ism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).