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hypoarticulation

hypoarticulation noun: reduced articulation in speech.

Noun

hypoarticulation (usually uncountable, plural hypoarticulations)

  1. (usually) Reduced articulation in speech.
    • The overall size of the vowel space in homosexual women, however, was not reduced relative to heterosexual women, as would be expected if their vowel production reflected global hypoarticulations similar to that which characterizes men’s speech.2007 December 18, Drew Rendall, Paul L. Vasey, Jared McKenzie, “The Queen’s English: An Alternative, Biosocial Hypothesis for the Distinctive Features of “Gay Speech””, in Archives of Sexual...

Forms of hypoarticulation

pluralhypoarticulations

Origin of hypoarticulation

From hypo- + articulation.

Questions about hypoarticulation

What does hypoarticulation mean?
Hypoarticulation means reduced articulation in speech.
What part of speech is hypoarticulation?
Hypoarticulation is a noun.
What is the plural of hypoarticulation?
The plural of hypoarticulation is hypoarticulations.

Words near hypoarticulation in the dictionary

  1. hypoapnea
  2. hypoarctic
  3. hypoarginemia
  4. hypoargininemia
  5. hypoarousal
  6. hypoarticulation
  7. hypoarticulations
  8. hypoattenuated
  9. hypoattenuating
  10. hypoattenuation
  11. hypoattenuations

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