monocausotaxophilia
noun
monocausotaxophilia is spelled M-O-N-O-C-A-U-S-O-T-A-X-O-P-H-I-L-I-A: 19 letters. As a noun, monocausotaxophilia means “The tendency to explain everything as based on a single cause” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in monocausotaxophilia?
| Letters | 19: M-O-N-O-C-A-U-S-O-T-A-X-O-P-H-I-L-I-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | too rare for the frequency list |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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).
What does monocausotaxophilia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The tendency to explain everything as based on a single cause.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does monocausotaxophilia come from?
Coined by Ernst Pöppel, as a joke, but picked up and popularized by others.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).