Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plesionym

/ˈpliːzɪəˌnɪm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ple-sio-nym
IPA: /ˈpliːzɪəˌnɪm/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of parasynonym.

Example Sentences

"It was suggested in 12.1 that propositional synonyms are 'more synonymous' than plesionyms, which, in turn, are 'more synonymous' than non-synonyms."
"An immediate question is when does a plesionym cross a "vertical distance boundary" to become a different concept?"
"Such a semantic intertextual frame arises when the lexical item 'mist' is linked to its plesionym 'fog' and an intertextual link between two texts containing these lexical items is created."
"A word is a plesionym if it is a near-synonym, but substitution of the word does not leave the same truth conditions. For example, it 'It wasn't misty, just foggy', the words 'misty' and 'foggy' are pleisonyms of each other. […] Plesionyms are often used to indicate that the speaker is grappling after precision, but perhaps does not possess the precise vocabulary or technical term for the object in mind."

Etymology

From plesio- (“close, near”) + -onym.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: plesio
Suffix: onym

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpliːzɪəˌnɪm/
British English: /ˈpliːzɪənɪm/

Inflected Forms

plesionyms (plural)

Derived Forms

plesionymous plesionymy

Synonyms

parasynonym

Questions

How do you pronounce plesionym?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpliːzɪəˌnɪm/.
What does plesionym mean?: Synonym of parasynonym.
Where does plesionym come from?: From plesio- (“close, near”) + -onym.

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