learnedism
UK/ˈlɜːnɪdɪzəm/US/ˈlɚnɪdɪzəm/
learnedism noun: a word acquired through formal education rather than through childhood language acquisition.
Noun
learnedism (plural learnedisms)
- A word acquired through formal education rather than through childhood language acquisition.
- Katharevousa τὸ πλοῖον and the demotic learnedism τὸ πλοῖο mean 'ship' in general. Demotic πλοῖο is stylistically more elevated than its synonym τὸ καράβι.1975 November, Kostas Kazazis, “Greek Reactions to an Ancient Greek Primer for Turks”, in Modern Philology, volume 73, number 2, The University of Chicago Press, →DOI, page 164
- Furthermore, περ is productive in the Italiot texts, presumably as a learnedism rather than a popular survival.1998 July 15, Nick Nicholas, “το ανερ and ο οποιοs: Untangling Medieval Greek Relativisation”, in Themes in Greek Linguistics, volume II, The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 294
Forms of learnedism
| plural | learnedisms |
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Origin of learnedism
From learned + -ism. Compare learned borrowing.
Questions about learnedism
- What does learnedism mean?
- Learnedism means a word acquired through formal education rather than through childhood language acquisition.
- What part of speech is learnedism?
- Learnedism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce learnedism?
- Learnedism is pronounced /ˈlɜːnɪdɪzəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of learnedism?
- The plural of learnedism is learnedisms.
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