binaristic
binaristic adjective: exhibiting or advocating binarism.
Adjective
binaristic
- Exhibiting or advocating binarism.
- It should be pointed out that Jakobson upheld his binaristic conception with absolute consistency: in one of his last Prague lectures (1938) he also undertook a thorough binaristic classification of consonant phonemes, dividing their opposition in terms so far unknown: forward-flanged vs...1994, Philip A. Luelsdorff, The Prague School of Structural and Functional Linguistics, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 17
- While it may be politically advantageous (and empirically accurate) to reject the racially binaristic thinking of the 1960s civil rights era, it is nevertheless the case that blacks remain the poorest racial minority in the United States per capita, […]2004, Mike Hill, After Whiteness: Unmaking an American Majority, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 34
- Synonyms:
- binarist
Synonyms of binaristic
Origin of binaristic
From binarist + -ic.
Words formed from binaristic
Questions about binaristic
- What does binaristic mean?
- Binaristic means exhibiting or advocating binarism.
- What part of speech is binaristic?
- Binaristic is an adjective.
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