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classemes

classemes is the plural of classeme.

Meaning of classeme

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

Questions about classemes

What is classemes the plural of?
Classemes is the plural of classeme.

Words near classemes in the dictionary

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

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