Binaristic
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Exhibiting or advocating binarism.
"It should be pointed out that Jakobson upheld his binaristic conception with absolute consistency: in one of his last Prague lectures (1938) he also undertook a thorough binaristic classification of consonant phonemes, dividing their opposition in terms so far unknown: forward-flanged vs backward-flanged […]"
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More examples"It should be pointed out that Jakobson upheld his binaristic conception with absolute consistency: in one of his last Prague lectures (1938) he also undertook a thorough binaristic classification of consonant phonemes, dividing their opposition in terms so far unknown: forward-flanged vs backward-flanged […]"
Etymology
From binarist + -ic.
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