affairisme
French, noun/a.fɛ.ʁism/
affairisme is spelled A-F-F-A-I-R-I-S-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Affairisme is a French masculine noun meaning “racketeering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Activité, comportement des affairistes”.
What does affairisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineracketeering
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Activité, comportement des affairistes. 2. Doctrine philosophique qui consiste à tout assujettir à l'argent sans scrupule.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of affairisme
- affairismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce affairisme?
- /a.fɛ.ʁism/
- /a.fɛ.ʁizm/
- /a.fe.ʁism/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is affairisme in French?
affairisme appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).