plesionym
Syllables: ple·sio·nym/ˈpliːzɪənɪm/US/ˈpliːzɪəˌnɪm/
plesionym noun: synonym of parasynonym.
Noun
plesionym (plural plesionyms)
- Synonym of parasynonym.
- It was suggested in 12.1 that propositional synonyms are 'more synonymous' than plesionyms, which, in turn, are 'more synonymous' than non-synonyms.1986, D[avid] A[lan] Cruse, “Synonymy”, in Lexical Semantics (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, published 1997, →ISBN, section 12.4 (Congruence Relations and...
- An immediate question is when does a plesionym cross a "vertical distance boundary" to become a different concept?2002, Isaac S. Kohane, editor, Bio*medical Informatics: One Discipline: The Annual Symposium of the American Medical Informatics Association, November 9–13, 2002 [...] San Antonio, TX: Proceedings...
- Synonyms:
- parasynonym
Examples of plesionym in a sentence
- Such a semantic intertextual frame arises when the lexical item 'mist' is linked to its plesionym 'fog' and an intertextual link between two texts containing these lexical items is created.2014, Siobhan Chapman, Billy Clark, editors, Pragmatic Literary Stylistics (Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition), New...
- A word is a plesionym if it is a near-synonym, but substitution of the word does not leave the same truth conditions.2015, Louise Mullany, Peter Stockwell, “Lexical Semantics”, in Introducing English Language: A Resource Book for Students (Routledge...
Synonyms of plesionym
Forms of plesionym
| plural | plesionyms |
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Origin of plesionym
From plesio- (“close, near”) + -onym.
Words formed from plesionym
Questions about plesionym
- What does plesionym mean?
- Plesionym means synonym of parasynonym.
- How do you use plesionym in a sentence?
- Such a semantic intertextual frame arises when the lexical item 'mist' is linked to its plesionym 'fog' and an intertextual link between two texts containing these lexical items is created.
- What part of speech is plesionym?
- Plesionym is a noun.
- How do you pronounce plesionym?
- Plesionym is pronounced /ˈpliːzɪənɪm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of plesionym?
- The plural of plesionym is plesionyms.
Words near plesionym in the dictionary
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