achismo
Portuguese, noun/aˈʃiz.mu/
achismo is spelled A-C-H-I-S-M-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Achismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the tendency to, or an instance of, basing one's choices or actions on unproven beliefs; guesswork” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “teoria baseada puramente em uma convicção subjetivista, quando aplicada a um campo teórico”.
What does achismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinethe tendency to, or an instance of, basing one's choices or actions on unproven beliefs; guesswork
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. teoria baseada puramente em uma convicção subjetivista, quando aplicada a um campo teórico
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of achismo
- achismos plural
- achadismo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce achismo?
- Brazil /aˈʃiz.mu/
- /aˈʃiʒ.mu/
- Portugal /ɐˈʃiʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to achismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is achismo in Portuguese?
achismo appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).