Meaning and example
of or pertaining to the nature of a tort
Tortious acts
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of -0.204 places tortious in the very rare range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 41.8% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
- Known by
- 42.1%
abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
- Known by
- 42.2%
a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge
- Known by
- 42.2%
providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding
- Known by
- 41%
the process of flocculating; forming woolly cloudlike aggregations
- Known by
- 41%
the time yet to come
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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