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lakoffian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lakof-fi-an
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to George Lakoff (1941-), American cognitive linguist noted for his ideas about the centrality of metaphor to human thinking and behaviour.

Etymology

From Lakoff + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Lakoffian (comparative) most Lakoffian (superlative) Lakovian (alternative)

Questions

What does lakoffian mean?
Of or pertaining to George Lakoff (1941-), American cognitive linguist noted for his ideas about the centrality of metaphor to human thinking and behaviour.
Where does lakoffian come from?
From Lakoff + -ian.

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