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medio-passive

medio-passive is the alternative form of mediopassive.

Meaning of mediopassive

Adjective

mediopassive (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a voice of a transitive verb that is both middle voice and passive voice or reflexive and passive voice.
    • Whereas the function of the passive voice is to remove the agent from the discussion of a transitive activity, the function of the mediopassive voice is to discuss an event in a way which explicitly denies the involvement of an initiating agent.1989, Jon Philip Dayley, University of California publications in linguistics: volume 115, →ISBN

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Questions about medio-passive

What is medio-passive the alternative form of?
Medio-passive is the alternative form of mediopassive.

Words near medio-passive in the dictionary

  1. Medinipur division
  2. Medins
  3. medio
  4. medio-
  5. Medio-Late Egyptian
  6. medio-passive
  7. medio-passivization
  8. medioanterior
  9. medioapical
  10. mediobasal
  11. mediobasally

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