Nomenclaturism
//nəˈmɛŋklət͡ʃəˌɹɪzəm// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The conception of language as a nomenclature. uncountable
"Nomenclaturism—the notion that words are essentially names—has thus had a long history; surreptitiously it still pervades much of the discourse about the nature of translation between languages, which have words that ‘name’ different things, or that name the same thing in different ways."
Example
More examples"Nomenclaturism—the notion that words are essentially names—has thus had a long history; surreptitiously it still pervades much of the discourse about the nature of translation between languages, which have words that ‘name’ different things, or that name the same thing in different ways."
Etymology
From nomenclature + -ism.
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