achromatism

Questions about achromatism

What does achromatism mean?

achromatism means "the visual property of being without chromatic color".

How many syllables are in achromatism?

achromatism has 4 syllables and divides as ach-ro-ma-tism under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for achromatism?

Close synonyms include colorlessness, colourlessness, achromaticity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is achromatism a common word?

achromatism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.