dolorisme
\dɔ.lɔ.ʁism\
The verdict
“dolorisme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Complaisance à la douleur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dolorisme · dolorisme · French
dolorisme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dolorisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔ.lɔ.ʁism\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dolorisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dolorisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔ.lɔ.ʁism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dolorisme, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is dolorisme, spelled D-O-L-O-R-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Complaisance à la douleur.
- 2Doctrine attribuant à la douleur une valeur morale, esthétique et intellectuelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dolorisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une remarque sur la structure de la narration, confirme la fonction de Homais en parataxe au dolorisme de l’héroïne.
Je m'érige à ce propos contre le dolorisme chrétien qui constitue une mécompréhension profonde du message des Évangiles. Jésus n'a jamais fait l'éloge de la souffrance et il n'y a aucun masochisme dans sa démarche qui a simplement consisté à accepter de souffrir par fidélité à la vérité.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.