nomenclaturism

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/nəˈmɛŋklət͡ʃəˌɹɪzəm/

noun

The conception of language as a nomenclature.

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Meanings

nounnomenclaturism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe conception of language as a nomenclature.

    Nomenclaturism—the notion that words are essentially names—has thus had a long history; surreptitiously it still pervades much of the discourse about the nature of translation between languages, which have words that ‘name’ different things, or that name the same thing in different ways.

    2011, David Bellos, chapter 8, in Is that a Fish in Your Ear?

Origin

From nomenclature + -ism.

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APA

nomenclaturism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nomenclaturism

MLA

“nomenclaturism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nomenclaturism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nomenclaturism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nomenclaturism.

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