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plesionymous

plesionymous adjective: having a similar but differentiable and contrastable meaning; of or being a plesionym.

Adjective

plesionymous (not comparable)

  1. Having a similar but differentiable and contrastable meaning; of or being a plesionym.
    • A set of word senses drawn from two or more languages can be also thought of as synonymous or plesionymous if they meet the requisite conditions.1993, Chrysanne DiMarco, Graeme Hirst, Manfred Stede, “The semantic and stylistic differentiation of synonyms and near-synonyms”, in AAAI Symposia, archived from the original on 06 May 2021, pages...

Origin of plesionymous

From plesionym + -ous.

Questions about plesionymous

What does plesionymous mean?
Plesionymous means having a similar but differentiable and contrastable meaning; of or being a plesionym.
What part of speech is plesionymous?
Plesionymous is an adjective.

Words near plesionymous in the dictionary

  1. plesiomorphous
  2. plesiomorphs
  3. plesiomorphy
  4. plesionym
  5. plesionymic
  6. plesionymous
  7. plesionyms
  8. plesionymy
  9. plesiopedal
  10. plesiopelvic
  11. plesiopid

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