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postlinguistic

postlinguistic adjective: after language acquisition.

Adjective

postlinguistic (not comparable)

  1. After language acquisition

Origin of postlinguistic

From post- + linguistic.

Questions about postlinguistic

What does postlinguistic mean?
Postlinguistic means after language acquisition.
What part of speech is postlinguistic?
Postlinguistic is an adjective.

Words near postlinguistic in the dictionary

  1. postliminium
  2. postliminous
  3. postliminy
  4. postlingual
  5. postlingually
  6. postlinguistic
  7. postlinguistically
  8. postliteracy
  9. postliterary
  10. postliterate
  11. postlitigation

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