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nomenclaturism

/nəˈmɛŋklət͡ʃəˌɹɪzəm/

nomenclaturism noun: the conception of language as a nomenclature.

Noun

nomenclaturism (uncountable)

  1. The conception of language as a nomenclature.
    • Nomenclaturism—the notion that words are essentially names—has thus had a long history; surreptitiously it still pervades much of the discourse about the nature of translation between languages, which have words that ‘name’ different things, or that name the same thing in different ways.2011, David Bellos, chapter 8, in Is that a Fish in Your Ear?

Origin of nomenclaturism

From nomenclature + -ism.

Questions about nomenclaturism

What does nomenclaturism mean?
Nomenclaturism means the conception of language as a nomenclature.
What part of speech is nomenclaturism?
Nomenclaturism is a noun.
How do you pronounce nomenclaturism?
Nomenclaturism is pronounced /nəˈmɛŋklət͡ʃəˌɹɪzəm/.

Words near nomenclaturism in the dictionary

  1. nomenclaturalists
  2. nomenclaturally
  3. nomenclaturas
  4. nomenclature
  5. nomenclatures
  6. nomenclaturism
  7. nomenclaturist
  8. nomenclaturists
  9. nomenklatura
  10. nomenklaturas
  11. nomenklaturist

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