Meanings
- uncommonuncountableThose things that are planets; the state of being a planet.
Back in the 19-th century the asteroid Ceres was demoted from planetdom.
2006 August 29, Manny Feld, “Re: solar system”, in talk.origins (Usenet)3 more examples
One day our System in its progress through space neared these lost Children of the Mist … such incorrigible vagrants, were enough to corrupt the habits of the staidest young family in Planetdom.
1873, Enoch Fitch Burr, Pater Mundi: Or, Doctrine of Evolution., Holmes Noyes, pages 233-234[...] yesterday, its members voted to drop Pluto from the ranks of planetdom.
2006 August 25, Ira Flatow, “Pluto”, in Science Friday, National Public RadioWhat did the Chisters say when Ceres was demoted from planetdom back in the 19th century?
2006 August 26, Wendel Fendel, “Re: Pluto's a dwarf”, in talk.origins (Usenet)
Origin
- Englishplanet
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰóh₁mos
- Proto-Germanic*dōmaz
- Englishplanetdom
Cite this entry
planetdom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planetdom
“planetdom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planetdom. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “planetdom,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planetdom.
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