semasiology
noun/ˌsiːmeɪsɪˈɒləd͡ʒɪ/UK/sɪmeɪsiˈɑləd͡ʒi/US
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σημασία (sēmasía, “the meaning of a word”) + -ology.
- derived from σημασία
Definitions
Semantics
Semantics; a discipline within linguistics concerned with the meaning of a word independent of its phonetic expression.
- "The early theories of semasiology attempted to account for meaning shifts in language."
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for semasiology. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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