Pluralizer
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A syntactic marker that indicates something is plural; a plural marker.
"In verbs, where it occupies suffix position 5, its occurrence as pluralizer of a third person expressed by a prefix is highly restricted; cf. 5.451. Instead, in verbs, it seems on the way to becoming a person marker (rather than a mere pluralizer) for the second person plural exclusive;"
- 2 Someone or something that highlights or embodies plurality, diversity, or multiple perspectives; an agent or proponent of pluralism.
"It is after all Freud—with his confusing picture of inversion's genealogy in the first few pages of the Three Essays, especially in footnotes added in 1910, 1915, and 1920—who can be considered the first pluralizer of homosexuality."
Example
More examples"In verbs, where it occupies suffix position 5, its occurrence as pluralizer of a third person expressed by a prefix is highly restricted; cf. 5.451. Instead, in verbs, it seems on the way to becoming a person marker (rather than a mere pluralizer) for the second person plural exclusive;"
Etymology
From pluralize + -er.
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