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From minimize + -er. In the linguistics sense, coined by American linguist Dwight Bolinger in 1972.
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Today it means: That which minimizes. Full definition →
From minimize + -er. In the linguistics sense, coined by American linguist Dwight Bolinger in 1972.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.