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Gricean

Gricean adjective: of or pertaining to Paul Grice (1913-1988), British-educated philosopher of language, who helped to found the linguistic field of pragmatics.

Adjective

Gricean (comparative more Gricean, superlative most Gricean)

  1. Of or pertaining to Paul Grice (1913-1988), British-educated philosopher of language, who helped to found the linguistic field of pragmatics.
    • Comedy often relies on flouting the norms of Gricean communication.

Forms of Gricean

comparativemore Gricean
superlativemost Gricean

Origin of Gricean

From Grice + -an.

Words formed from Gricean

Questions about Gricean

What does Gricean mean?
Gricean means of or pertaining to Paul Grice (1913-1988), British-educated philosopher of language, who helped to found the linguistic field of pragmatics.
What part of speech is Gricean?
Gricean is an adjective.

Words near Gricean in the dictionary

  1. Gribbon
  2. gribenes
  3. Gribetz
  4. gribiche
  5. grice
  6. Gricean
  7. Gricean maxims
  8. griced
  9. griceite
  10. gricer
  11. gricers

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