dislexification

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The linguistic pattern whereby a given language must encode separate meanings using separate words, as opposed to colexifying them with a single polysemous word.

dislexification dislexifications

By surface analysis, dis- + lexi- + -ification.

distinction distinguo

colexification polysemy

colexify dislexify disambiguation unique identifier

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