pidginogenic

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adjective

Relating to, or fostering, the formation of a pidgin.

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Meanings

adjectivepidginogenic (comparative more pidginogenic, superlative most pidginogenic)

comparative more pidginogenic · superlative most pidginogenic

  1. rarehuman sciencesRelating to, or fostering, the formation of a pidgin.
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    As shown by Gillian Sankoff, when the SLA context is also a genuine pidginogenic social context (i.e. tertiary hybridization) and when pidgin exists for a long time before creolization takes place, then the innovations will be consistent and regular in the pidgin and will be phonologically refined in the creole.

    1979, Kenneth C. Hill, The genesis of language, page 61

Origin

From pidgin + -o- + -genic.

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APA

pidginogenic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pidginogenic

MLA

“pidginogenic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pidginogenic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pidginogenic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pidginogenic.

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