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lyssenkisme

French, noun/li.sɛn.kism/

lyssenkisme is spelled L-Y-S-S-E-N-K-I-S-M-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written French, the 221,532nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lyssenkisme is a French masculine noun meaning “Lysenkoism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des théories déployées par Trofim Lyssenko”.

What does lyssenkisme mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineLysenkoism

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Ensemble des théories déployées par Trofim Lyssenko. 2. Science corrompue par l'idéologie, où les faits sont dissimulés ou interprétés de manière scientifiquement erronée.

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 lyssenkisme

  • lyssenkismes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce lyssenkisme?

  • /li.sɛn.kism/
  • /li.sɛn.kizm/
  • \li.sɑ̃.kism\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is lyssenkisme in French?

lyssenkisme appears about once in every 49 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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