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paronymic attraction

noun

Definitions

  1. The phenomenon of similar-sounding native words (paronyms) affecting the development of…

    The phenomenon of similar-sounding native words (paronyms) affecting the development of loan words.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for paronymic attraction. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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