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Saussurean

Saussurean adjective: of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with, or suggestive of Ferdinand de Saussure or his works.

Adjective

Saussurean (comparative more Saussurean, superlative most Saussurean)

  1. Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with, or suggestive of Ferdinand de Saussure or his works.

Forms of Saussurean

comparativemore Saussurean
superlativemost Saussurean
alternative formSaussurian

Origin of Saussurean

From Saussure + -an.

Questions about Saussurean

What does Saussurean mean?
Saussurean means of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with, or suggestive of Ferdinand de Saussure or his works.
What part of speech is Saussurean?
Saussurean is an adjective.

Words near Saussurean in the dictionary

  1. sausingers
  2. sauso
  3. sausos
  4. Saussure
  5. saussurea
  6. Saussurean
  7. Saussurian
  8. saussurine
  9. saussurite
  10. saussurites
  11. saussuritic

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