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dianormative

dianormative adjective: concerned with or relating to the ways in which a term's perceived correctness may vary across different contexts and situations.

Adjective

dianormative (not comparable)

  1. Concerned with or relating to the ways in which a term's perceived correctness may vary across different contexts and situations.
    • a dianormative usage label
    • According to Hausmann (1977, Ch. 8), lexically relevant units can receive — typically by means of labels or usage notes — any or all of the following types of diasystematic marking: diachronic (e.g. archaic, neologism); diatopic (e.g. American English for elevator 'lift', British English for loo)...1991, “Lexicography”, in Kirsten Malmkjær, editor, The Linguistics Encyclopedia, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 295, column 2

Origin of dianormative

From dia- + normative.

Questions about dianormative

What does dianormative mean?
Dianormative means concerned with or relating to the ways in which a term's perceived correctness may vary across different contexts and situations.
What part of speech is dianormative?
Dianormative is an adjective.

Words near dianormative in the dictionary

  1. dianoetically
  2. dianoia
  3. dianoialogy
  4. dianoiology
  5. Dianology
  6. dianormative
  7. diantennary
  8. dianthovirus
  9. dianthoviruses
  10. dianthramide
  11. dianthramides

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