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paleologisms

paleologisms is the plural of paleologism.

Meaning of paleologism

Noun

paleologism (plural paleologisms)

  1. A word or phrase that was coined in the distant past, often now obscured or offensive, or if recently used: possibly having a definition or implication different from that of any earlier usage.
    • Another is the paleologism of pars pro toto in which a part of an organ or function can symbolize the whole organ or concept; eg, the stomach may be the locus of difficulty with a patient with a history of frustrated dependency needs because of its association with the process of being fed and...1964, Charles William Wahl, New Dimensions in Psychosomatic Medicine, page 41
  2. An obsolete term.

Questions about paleologisms

What is paleologisms the plural of?
Paleologisms is the plural of paleologism.

Words near paleologisms in the dictionary

  1. paleolithical
  2. paleoliths
  3. paleologic
  4. paleological
  5. paleologism
  6. paleologisms
  7. paleologist
  8. paleologists
  9. paleology
  10. paleolongitude
  11. paleolongitudes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paleologisms (page history and authors); paleologism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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