passéisme
\pa.se.ism\
The verdict
“passéisme” 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) - Nostalgie du passé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-passeisme · passéisme · French
passéisme · 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 "P" 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 | passéisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.se.ism\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « passéisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
passéisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.se.ism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nostalgie du passé.".
passéisme has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 passéisme, spelled P-A-S-S-É-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Nostalgie du passé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how passéisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La Commune veut tirer un trait sur le passé et bâtir une société nouvelle où chacun serait l’égal de l’autre et où la raison l’emporterait sur la tradition et le passéisme.
Par le passéisme moderne et l’individualité du même nom, la philosophie devient philocalie.
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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.