adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to pseudo-linguistics; falling short of linguistic standards. not-comparable

   "representatives of previous pseudolinguistic science, the philologists"

2. 2
   Having some qualities similar to language, but not quite amounting to language in the narrow sense; quasilinguistic. not-comparable
3. 3
   Relating to pseudolanguage. not-comparable

Example

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"representatives of previous pseudolinguistic science, the philologists"

Etymology

From pseudo- + linguistic.

Related phrases

pseudo linguistics

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