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phrastic

phrastic noun: the component of meaning in a sentence independent of mood or force.

Noun

phrastic (plural phrastics)

  1. The component of meaning in a sentence independent of mood or force.

Forms of phrastic

pluralphrastics

Origin of phrastic

Coined by Richard Mervyn Hare in The Language of Morals in 1952

Questions about phrastic

What does phrastic mean?
Phrastic means the component of meaning in a sentence independent of mood or force.
What part of speech is phrastic?
Phrastic is a noun.
What is the plural of phrastic?
The plural of phrastic is phrastics.

Words near phrastic in the dictionary

  1. phrases
  2. phrasey
  3. phrasiness
  4. phrasing
  5. phrasings
  6. phrastic
  7. phrastics
  8. phrasy
  9. phratral
  10. phratria
  11. phratriac

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