Interlingualism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The status of not being associated to or confined to one language. uncountable

    "Taxonomic names are great examples of interlingualism."

  2. 2
    A word, phrase or lexeme which is commonly found either in multiple languages or not limited to a single language. countable

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"Taxonomic names are great examples of interlingualism."

Etymology

From interlingual (“between or across languages”) + -ism (abstract-noun suffix).

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