Meaning and example
the act of throwing someone or something out of a window
The passage used "defenestration" to mean the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 0.334 places defenestration in the rare range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 63.2% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
deleteriousRare
- Known by
- 63.2%
harmful to living things
reflectanceRare
- Known by
- 63.1%
the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface
salubriousRare
- Known by
- 63%
promoting health; healthful
gasificationRare
- Known by
- 63.4%
the process of changing into gas
paucityRare
- Known by
- 63.7%
an insufficient quantity or number
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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