zoistic, adj.

zoistic
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zoisticadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zoistic mean?

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

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### How common is the adjective zoistic?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1870 | 0.0001
1880 | 0.0001
1890 | 0.0001
1900 | 0.005
1910 | 0.0055
1920 | 0.0056
1930 | 0.0057
1940 | 0.0057
1950 | 0.0057
1960 | 0.0058
1970 | 0.0009
1980 | 0.0003
1990 | 0.0002
2000 | 0.0002
2010 | 0.0002

### How is the adjective zoistic pronounced?

#### British English

/zəʊˈɪstɪk/

### Where does the adjective zoistic come from?

Earliest known use

1840s

The earliest known use of the adjective zoistic is in the 1840s.

OED's only evidence for zoistic is from 1849, in the writing of Scoresby.

### Nearby entries

1. zoidogamous, adj. 1899–
2. Zoilean, adj. 1846–
3. Zoilism, n. 1609–
4. Zoilist, n. 1594–
5. Zoilitical, adj. 1665
6. Zoilous, adj. 1577–
7. Zoilus, n. 1565–
8. zoisite, n. 1805–
9. zoism, n. 1900–
10. zoist, n. 1843–
11. zoistic, adj.1849–
12. zoite, n. 1963–
13. -zoite, comb. form
14. zol, n. 1946–
15. Zolaesque, adj. 1886–
16. Zolaism, n. 1882–
17. Zolaist, n. 1886–
18. Zolaize, v. 1886–
19. Zollinger–Ellison syndrome, n. 1956–
20. Zöllner, n. 1890–
21. zollverein, n. 1843–

## Meaning & use

1. 1849–
   As in zoistic magnetism = animal magnetism.
   1. 1849

      > Zoistic Magnetism.

      Scoresby (title)
   1. animal magnetism 1784–
      a. A supposed force or emanation to which the action of mesmerism is attributed; (also) = mesmerism, n. (now historical); b. natural charm or…
   2. magnetism 1784–
      Mesmerism; = animal magnetism, n. Now archaic.
   3. mesmerism 1784–
      A therapeutic doctrine or system, first popularized by Mesmer, according to which a trained practitioner can induce a hypnotic state in a patient by…
   4. magnetizing 1787–
   5. magnetization 1801–
      The condition of being magnetized; the process or action of magnetizing something.
   6. zoomagnetism 1824–
      A supposed invisible force having physical effects, considered to emanate from a living being and to account for the action of mesmerism (mesmerism…
   7. tellurism 1832–
      An influence or principle thought of as pervading the natural world and responsible for the phenomena of animal magnetism; animal magnetism regarded…
   8. hypnotism 1842–
      The process of hypnotizing, or artificially producing a state in which the subject appears to be in a deep sleep, without any power of changing his…
   9. pathetism 1843–
      Mesmerism, hypnotism.
   10. zoistic magnetism 1849–
       As in zoistic magnetism = animal magnetism.
   11. electrobiology 1850–
       Mesmerism, esp. as inducing a state of suggestibility or as attributed to an electro-vital force.
   12. electropsychology 1850–
       Mesmerism (cf. electrobiology, n. 2). Now historical.
   13. biologism 1852–73
       = electrobiology, n. 2. Obsolete. rare.
   14. statuvolism 1871–
       A state of trance brought about by one's own efforts; self-hypnosis.
   15. statuvolence 1873–
       = statuvolism, n.
   16. braidism 1882–
       The process of producing sleep or trance by causing the patient's attention to be intensely concentrated on some visual object; this process, which…
   17. hypnosis 1882–
       Artificially produced sleep: esp. that induced by hypnotism; the hypnotic state.
   18. biomagnetism 1887–
       = mesmerism, n. Now historical and rare.
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   1. zoistic magnetism 1849–
      As in zoistic magnetism = animal magnetism.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/zəʊˈɪstɪk/

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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.

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## Frequency

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

zoistic 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 zoistic, adj., 1870–2010

* 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
--- | ---
1870 | 0.0001
1880 | 0.0001
1890 | 0.0001
1900 | 0.005
1910 | 0.0055
1920 | 0.0056
1930 | 0.0057
1940 | 0.0057
1950 | 0.0057
1960 | 0.0058
1970 | 0.0009
1980 | 0.0003
1990 | 0.0002
2000 | 0.0002
2010 | 0.0002

Originally published as part of the entry for zoism, n.

zoism, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.