Paleologism

Synonyms for "paleologism"

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Related terms

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Translations

7 translations across 6 languages.

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Danish

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  • paleologisme noun (phrase that was coined in the past and now obsolete)

Dutch

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  • paleologisme noun (phrase that was coined in the past and now obsolete)

German

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  • Paleologismus noun (phrase that was coined in the past and now obsolete)

Greek

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  • παλαιολογισμός noun (phrase that was coined in the past and now obsolete)

Italian

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  • paleologismo noun (phrase that was coined in the past and now obsolete)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 廃語 noun (phrase that was coined in the past and now obsolete)
  • 死語 noun (phrase that was coined in the past and now obsolete)

Sample sentences

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Another is the paleologism of pars pro toto in which a part of an organ or function can symbolize the whole organ or concept; eg, the stomach may be the locus of difficulty with a patient with a history of frustrated dependency needs because of its association with the process of being fed and loved by the mother.

Source: wiktionary

Levinas seems to be offering new words or newly burnished words for old, those apparent semantic neologisms are more like pre-semantic paleologisms.

Source: wiktionary

The word trust is in no way a neologism. On the contrary, it is a kind of paleologism, a primitive signifier, "a word from a barbarian time."

Source: wiktionary

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