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plesionyms

plesionyms is the plural of plesionym.

Meaning of plesionym

Noun

plesionym (plural plesionyms)

  1. 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...
    Synonyms:
    parasynonym

Questions about plesionyms

What is plesionyms the plural of?
Plesionyms is the plural of plesionym.

Words near plesionyms in the dictionary

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

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