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extrasemantic

extrasemantic adjective: outside or beyond what is semantic.

Adjective

extrasemantic (comparative more extrasemantic, superlative most extrasemantic)

  1. Outside or beyond what is semantic.
    • In addition, extrasemantic properties (often nonverbal) usually accompany semantic information (e.g., vocal tone). These extrasemantic properties can serve as affective cues themselves.2001, Joseph P. Forgas, Feeling and thinking: the role of affect in social cognition

Forms of extrasemantic

comparativemore extrasemantic
superlativemost extrasemantic

Origin of extrasemantic

From extra- + semantic.

Questions about extrasemantic

What does extrasemantic mean?
Extrasemantic means outside or beyond what is semantic.
What part of speech is extrasemantic?
Extrasemantic is an adjective.

Words near extrasemantic in the dictionary

  1. extrascrotal
  2. extrasectorial
  3. extrasegmental
  4. extrasegmentally
  5. extrasellar
  6. extrasemantic
  7. extraseminal
  8. extrasensible
  9. extrasensitive
  10. extrasensorial
  11. extrasensorily

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