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non-Gricean

non-Gricean adjective: not Gricean; flouting the Gricean maxims.

Adjective

non-Gricean (not comparable)

  1. Not Gricean; flouting the Gricean maxims.
    • Non sequitur humor is non-Gricean as it intentionally disobeys the maxim of relation.

Origin of non-Gricean

From non- + Gricean.

Questions about non-Gricean

What does non-Gricean mean?
Non-Gricean means not Gricean; flouting the Gricean maxims.
What part of speech is non-Gricean?
Non-Gricean is an adjective.

Words near non-Gricean in the dictionary

  1. non-governmental organizations
  2. non-gradable
  3. non-gradables
  4. non-greeting
  5. non-greetings
  6. non-Gricean
  7. non-haemodynamically
  8. non-harmonic tone
  9. non-harmonic tones
  10. non-Hausdorff
  11. non-hazardous

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