Phraseologism
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A fixed expression within a language, regarded as a phraseological unit.
"It would be utter nonsense – as has been claimed at times – that^([sic]) phraseologisms in discourse are absolutely fixed. Nothing is further from the truth, as a large percentage of contextualised references show."
Example
More examples"It would be utter nonsense – as has been claimed at times – that^([sic]) phraseologisms in discourse are absolutely fixed. Nothing is further from the truth, as a large percentage of contextualised references show."
Etymology
From phraseology + -ism. Compare German Phraseologismus, Russian фразеологи́зм (frazeologízm).
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