plesionymous

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adjective

Having a similar but differentiable and contrastable meaning; of or being a plesionym.

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Meanings

adjectiveplesionymous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving a similar but differentiable and contrastable meaning; of or being a plesionym.

    A set of word senses drawn from two or more languages can be also thought of as synonymous or plesionymous if they meet the requisite conditions.

    1993, Chrysanne DiMarco, Graeme Hirst, Manfred Stede, “The semantic and stylistic differentiation of synonyms and near-synonyms”, in AAAI Symposia, archived from the original on 06 May 2021, pages 120–127

Origin

From plesionym + -ous.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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