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relexicalize

verb

Etymology

From re- + lexicalize.

Definitions

1
To change the lexicon of
To change the lexicon of; to use different words for.
- For example, in British newspapers, […] the process of telling someone off or reprimanding them is relexicalized as 'rap'. To criticize strongly is to 'blast' or 'slam', and to investigate is to 'probe'.
2
To borrow or adopt back into a lexicon.
- to relexicalize a word

The neighborhood

neighborrelexicalization

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA