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pluplural

pluplural noun: a word that is its own plural; an autological plural form.

Noun

pluplural (plural pluplurals)

  1. (rhetoric) A word that is its own plural; an autological plural form.
  2. A pluralized plural; a variable or term that refers to a collection of plural collections, without reducing them to a single set or composite unit.
    • How will this plural approach translate sentences of DKLish that are themselves plurally quantified? As Gabriel Uzquiano (2004) points out, 'pluplural' quantifiers over simples will be needed...2009, Theodore Sider, “Ontological Realism”, in Metametaphysics, Oxford University Press, page 395

Synonyms of pluplural

Forms of pluplural

pluralpluplurals

Origin of pluplural

From plu- + plural (blend of plural + plural).

Questions about pluplural

What does pluplural mean?
Pluplural means a word that is its own plural; an autological plural form.
What part of speech is pluplural?
Pluplural is a noun.
What is the plural of pluplural?
The plural of pluplural is pluplurals.

Words near pluplural in the dictionary

  1. pluperfection
  2. pluperfections
  3. pluperfectly
  4. pluperfectness
  5. pluperfects
  6. pluplural
  7. plupluralism
  8. pluplurals
  9. PLUR
  10. plur.
  11. pluractional

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