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phraseologism

phraseologism noun: a fixed expression within a language, regarded as a phraseological unit.

Noun

phraseologism (plural phraseologisms)

  1. A fixed expression within a language, regarded as a phraseological unit.
    • It would be utter nonsense – as has been claimed at times – that^([sic]) phraseologisms in discourse are absolutely fixed. Nothing is further from the truth, as a large percentage of contextualised references show.2010, Anita Naciscione, Stylistic Use of Phraseological Units in Discourse, page 4

Forms of phraseologism

pluralphraseologisms

Origin of phraseologism

From phraseology + -ism. Compare German Phraseologismus, Russian фразеологи́зм (frazeologízm).

Questions about phraseologism

What does phraseologism mean?
Phraseologism means a fixed expression within a language, regarded as a phraseological unit.
What part of speech is phraseologism?
Phraseologism is a noun.
What is the plural of phraseologism?
The plural of phraseologism is phraseologisms.

Words near phraseologism in the dictionary

  1. phraseography
  2. phraseologic
  3. phraseological
  4. phraseologically
  5. phraseologies
  6. phraseologism
  7. phraseologisms
  8. phraseologist
  9. phraseologists
  10. phraseology
  11. phraser

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