Classeme
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A generic or contextual seme, denoting a group of objects.
"Given that "bark" has two classemes, human and canine, it is the presence of the dog or the commissioner that decides whether "bark" is taken in a literal or figurative sense."
Example
More examples"Given that "bark" has two classemes, human and canine, it is the presence of the dog or the commissioner that decides whether "bark" is taken in a literal or figurative sense."
Etymology
From class + -eme.
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