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classeme

classeme noun: a generic or contextual seme, denoting a group of objects.

Noun

classeme (plural classemes)

  1. A generic or contextual seme, denoting a group of objects.
    • Given that "bark" has two classemes, human and canine, it is the presence of the dog or the commissioner that decides whether "bark" is taken in a literal or figurative sense.1986, Umberto Eco, Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language, →ISBN, page 190

Forms of classeme

pluralclassemes

Origin of classeme

From class + -eme.

Words formed from classeme

Questions about classeme

What does classeme mean?
Classeme means a generic or contextual seme, denoting a group of objects.
What part of speech is classeme?
Classeme is a noun.
What is the plural of classeme?
The plural of classeme is classemes.

Words near classeme in the dictionary

  1. classbook
  2. classbooks
  3. classcest
  4. classed
  5. classed up
  6. classeme
  7. classemes
  8. classemic
  9. Classen
  10. Classens
  11. classer

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