Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quasisemantic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: qua-sise-man-tic
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Semantic in some limited manner or to some limited degree; apparently, but not actually, semantic.

Example Sentences

"Consider, for example, the principles of pronominal reference, which have been central to these quasisemantic investigations."
"Travis (1991) also gives some quasisemantic arguments for this structure, claiming that tense operators have scope over the subject..."

Etymology

From quasi- + semantic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: quasi

Questions

What does quasisemantic mean?: Semantic in some limited manner or to some limited degree; apparently, but not actually, semantic.
Where does quasisemantic come from?: From quasi- + semantic.

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