dialectism

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noun

Synonym of dialecticism (a dialectal word or phrase).

Scrabble 15

Meanings

noundialectism (plural dialectisms)

plural dialectisms

  1. rhetorichuman sciencesSynonym of dialecticism (a dialectal word or phrase).

    It was the scribe of y who replaced certain dialectisms and less usual forms by the common types, e.g. ...

    1972, Williem Frederik Bakker, Arnold F. van Gemert, Willem Johan Aerts, Studia Byzantina Et Neohellenica Neerlandica, →ISBN, page 87
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    Starting with Jungmann, the opinion that before the National Revival the Czech language was in decay (invaded by dialectisms, inappropriate neologisms, overwhelming loans from German, and so on) then spread ...

    1993, Jan Chloupek, J. Nekvapil, Studies in Functional Stylistics, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 92

    ... the formal normative variety of the language as it is used today in formal writing by educated native speakers. As a result, we have eschewed dialectisms and regionalisms. The English variety employed in the book is formal British English, ...

    2013, Ronak Husni, Daniel L. Newman, A to Z of Arabic - English - Arabic Translation, Saqi, →ISBN

    Synonyms: dialecticism

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of dialecticism (a dialectal word or phrase).

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