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semasiologies

semasiologies is the plural of semasiology.

Meaning of semasiology

Noun

semasiology (usually uncountable, plural semasiologies)

  1. (usually) Semantics; a discipline within linguistics concerned with the meaning of a word independent of its phonetic expression.
    • Stylistics seemed to have become a four-letter-word in German semasiology, a fact that shows how far official German semasiology had shifted away from Reisig's initial outline, and how different it was from Bréal's semantics of language-use and Wegener's semantics of communication.1992, Brigitte Nerlich, Semantic Theories in Europe, 1830-1930, →ISBN

Questions about semasiologies

What is semasiologies the plural of?
Semasiologies is the plural of semasiology.

Words near semasiologies in the dictionary

  1. semasiographies
  2. semasiographs
  3. semasiography
  4. semasiological
  5. semasiologically
  6. semasiologies
  7. semasiologist
  8. semasiologists
  9. semasiology
  10. semasphere
  11. semaspheres

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