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semantical

semantical adjective: pertaining to or resembling semantics.

Adjective

semantical (comparative more semantical, superlative most semantical)

  1. Pertaining to or resembling semantics
    • Others have found it too difficult to give up on semantical theory of mind and have in consequence tried to construct internalistic semantics for mental representations (Fodor 1987 ; Jacob 1997 ) (the term “narrow content” was coined for referring to exactly such internalistically individuated...2008 March 14, Tuomas K. Pernu, “Is knowledge a natural kind?”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 142, number 3, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    semantic

Synonyms of semantical

Forms of semantical

comparativemore semantical
superlativemost semantical

Origin of semantical

Apparently from French sémantique + -al.

Words formed from semantical

Questions about semantical

What does semantical mean?
Semantical means pertaining to or resembling semantics.
What part of speech is semantical?
Semantical is an adjective.

Words near semantical in the dictionary

  1. semantic tableaux
  2. semantic versioning
  3. semantic web
  4. semantic-oriented programming
  5. semantic-pragmatic disorder
  6. semantical
  7. semanticality
  8. semantically
  9. semantician
  10. semanticians
  11. semanticisation

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