Binaristic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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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"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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