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managerialism

UK /manəˈdʒɪəɹɪəlɪz(ə)m/noun

managerialism is spelled M-A-N-A-G-E-R-I-A-L-I-S-M: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, managerialism means “The ideological principle that societies are equivalent to the sum of the transactions made by the managements of organizations” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of managerialism is managerialisms.

How many letters and syllables are in managerialism?

Letters13: M-A-N-A-G-E-R-I-A-L-I-S-M
In writingabout once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd 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 managerialism?

Managerialism appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd 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 managerialism?

  • UK /manəˈdʒɪəɹɪəlɪz(ə)m/

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

Forms of managerialism

  • managerialisms plural

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

What does managerialism mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    The ideological principle that societies are equivalent to the sum of the transactions made by the managements of organizations.

  2. 2

    The fact or discipline of running things according to managerial techniques.

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

Where does managerialism come from?

From managerial + -ism.

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

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