English
Velikovskyism
From Velikovsky + -ism, named after Russian-American psychoanalyst Immanuel Velikovsky (1895–1979).
Formed from Velikovsky + -ism
Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- ‘to choose’
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Proto-Slavic *velь ‘great’
Proto-Slavic *velikъ ‘great’
Russian великий ‘great’
Russian Велико́вский
English Velikovsky
The story
From Velikovsky + -ism, named after Russian-American psychoanalyst Immanuel Velikovsky (1895–1979).
Today it means
noun A pseudohistorical interpretation of ancient history and mythology as shaped by catastrophic cosmic events.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
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