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type-token distinction

noun

Definitions

  1. The distinction between a type of something and an instance of it, such as city and…

    The distinction between a type of something and an instance of it, such as city and capital city (type of city) versus city and Paris (instance of a city). (It is the difference between (1) hypernym and hyponym and (2) class and instance.)

    • Without the type-token distinction being made, some silly thinking can slip through.

  2. An instance of this distinction being made.

    • They're making several type-token distinctions in this paragraph.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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