zootheistic, adj.

zootheistic
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Revised 2017

# zootheisticadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zootheistic mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zootheistic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

### How common is the adjective zootheistic?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1890 | 0.0008
1900 | 0.0007
1910 | 0.0006
1920 | 0.0006
1930 | 0.0003
1940 | 0.0002
1950 | 0.0002
1960 | 0.0002
1970 | 0.0002
1980 | 0.0001
1990 | 0.0001
2000 | 0.0001
2010 | 0.0001

### How is the adjective zootheistic pronounced?

#### British English

/ˌzuːə(ʊ)θiˈɪstɪk/
zoo-oh-thee-ISS-tick
/ˌzəʊə(ʊ)θiˈɪstɪk/
zoh-oh-thee-ISS-tick

#### U.S. English

/ˌzoʊəθiˈɪstɪk/
zoh-uh-thee-ISS-tick
/ˌzuəθiˈɪstɪk/
zoo-uh-thee-ISS-tick

### Where does the adjective zootheistic come from?

Earliest known use

1870s

The earliest known use of the adjective zootheistic is in the 1870s.

OED's earliest evidence for zootheistic is from 1879, in Popular Science Monthly.

### Nearby entries

1. zoosporous, adj. 1845–
2. zoot, n. 1942–
3. zootaxy, n. 1833–
4. zootechnic, adj. 1861–
5. zootechnics, n. 1863–
6. zootechny, n. 1841–
7. zootheca, n. 1852–
8. zoothecium, n. 1880–
9. zootheism, n. 1879–
10. zootheist, n. 1879–
11. zootheistic, adj.1879–
12. zoothome, n. 1872–
13. zootic, adj. 1816–
14. zootokon, n. 1661
15. zootomic, adj. 1801–
16. zootomical, adj. 1799–
17. zootomically, adv. 1849–
18. zootomist, n. 1663–
19. zootomy, n. 1663–
20. zootoxin, n. 1906–
21. zootrophy, n. 1877–

## Meaning & use

1. 1879–
   Of, relating to, or characterized by zootheism.
   1. 1879

      > There are fragments of philosophy discovered which are not zoötheistic.

      Popular Science Monthly October 807
   2. 1901

      > Magical powers are imputed by dominating zootheistic faith.

      Science 22 March 457/2
   3. 2004

      > The author describes for the fourth century B.C. a zootheistic relationship between people and sacred apes in North Africa.

      Geographical Review vol. 94 261
   animals
   1. zootheistic 1879–
      Of, relating to, or characterized by zootheism.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˌzuːə(ʊ)θiˈɪstɪk/
zoo-oh-thee-ISS-tick
/ˌzəʊə(ʊ)θiˈɪstɪk/
zoh-oh-thee-ISS-tick

### U.S. English

/ˌzoʊəθiˈɪstɪk/
zoh-uh-thee-ISS-tick
/ˌzuəθiˈɪstɪk/
zoo-uh-thee-ISS-tick

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

####

##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

####

Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

## Frequency

zootheistic typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zootheistic is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zootheistic, adj., 1890–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1890 | 0.0008
1900 | 0.0007
1910 | 0.0006
1920 | 0.0006
1930 | 0.0003
1940 | 0.0002
1950 | 0.0002
1960 | 0.0002
1970 | 0.0002
1980 | 0.0001
1990 | 0.0001
2000 | 0.0001
2010 | 0.0001

Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

zoo-, comb. form was revised in June 2017.