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allogenism

allogenism noun: a pseudo-loan, or sometimes specifically a lexical construction (term or phrase) made using elements from another language, but which does not exist in that language.

Noun

allogenism (plural allogenisms)

  1. (rare) A pseudo-loan, or sometimes specifically a lexical construction (term or phrase) made using elements from another language, but which does not exist in that language.
    • We also document, as a key feature of SMS communication, hybrid forms of language use that blur the boundaries between what we commonly call languages (e.g. homographs, mixed spellings or allogenisms), and we suggest that these possibly indicate that SMS communication has become one site where the...2012 January, Étienne Morel et al., “SMS communication as plurilingual communication: Hybrid language use as a challenge for classical code-switching categories”, in Lingvisticæ Investigationes...
    • Allogenisms can be defined as lexical constructions made in one language using material from another language, and as such may be considered as a subclass of false loans. […] However, it turns out they are more extensively dealt with in unconventional sources, such as Wiktionary, and that they...[2015, John Humbley, “Allogenisms: The major category of "true" false loans”, in Cristiano Furiassi, Henrik Gottlieb, Pseudo-English: Studies on False Anglicisms in Europe

Forms of allogenism

pluralallogenisms

Origin of allogenism

allo- + gen- + -ism

Questions about allogenism

What does allogenism mean?
Allogenism means a pseudo-loan, or sometimes specifically a lexical construction (term or phrase) made using elements from another language, but which does not exist in that language.
What part of speech is allogenism?
Allogenism is a noun.
What is the plural of allogenism?
The plural of allogenism is allogenisms.

Words near allogenism in the dictionary

  1. allogenetic
  2. allogenetically
  3. allogenic
  4. allogenically
  5. allogenicity
  6. allogenism
  7. allogenisms
  8. allogenome
  9. allogenomes
  10. allogenomic
  11. allogenomics

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