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homosemy

/həˈmɑsəmi/

homosemy noun: the state or quality (of a word, term, phrase, or clause) of having identical meaning to another.

Noun

homosemy (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality (of a word, term, phrase, or clause) of having identical meaning to another.
    • Near-synonyms: (precisely differentiable) synonymy, synonymity, synonymousness; cognitive synonymy
    • A situation is a specific state of affairs perceived by a Speaker independently of how he wants to communicate it. For example, if a Speaker perceives the following situation: ‘Mary causes the flat part of her hand to come violently into contact with Peter's face’, he can express this situation by...1997, Jean St-Germain, “Semantic Communicative Structure of Verbal vs. Conjunctive Causative Expressions (TO KILL/TO CAUSE TO DIE vs. TO DIE BECAUSE P)”, in Leo Wanner, editor, Recent Trends in...
    Synonyms:
    synonymy, synonymity, synonymousness, w:cognitive synonymy

Synonyms of homosemy

Origin of homosemy

From homo- + seme + -y.

Questions about homosemy

What does homosemy mean?
Homosemy means the state or quality (of a word, term, phrase, or clause) of having identical meaning to another.
What part of speech is homosemy?
Homosemy is a noun.
How do you pronounce homosemy?
Homosemy is pronounced /həˈmɑsəmi/.

Words near homosemy in the dictionary

  1. homosekikaic acid
  2. homoselection
  3. homoselenocysteine
  4. homosemic
  5. homosemous
  6. homosemy
  7. homosequence
  8. homosequences
  9. homosequential
  10. homosequentiality
  11. homoserine

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