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syntacticism

syntacticism noun: an approach that focuses on syntax.

Noun

syntacticism (uncountable)

  1. An approach that focuses on syntax.

Origin of syntacticism

From syntactic + -ism.

Questions about syntacticism

What does syntacticism mean?
Syntacticism means an approach that focuses on syntax.
What part of speech is syntacticism?
Syntacticism is a noun.

Words near syntacticism in the dictionary

  1. syntacticians
  2. syntacticise
  3. syntacticised
  4. syntacticises
  5. syntacticising
  6. syntacticism
  7. syntacticist
  8. syntacticists
  9. syntacticization
  10. syntacticizations
  11. syntacticize

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