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Noun Concept
Categories: Semantics (linguistics), Historical linguistics, Semantic relations, Lexicology, Semantics
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semantic change  semantic drift  ameliorative  amelioration  Narrowing
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Semantic change is a form of language change regarding the evolution of word usage—usually to the point that the modern meaning is radically different from the original usage. Wikipedia
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Semantic change is a form of language change regarding the evolution of word usage—usually to the point that the modern meaning is radically different from the original usage. Wikipedia
Form of language change regarding the evolution of word usage Wikidata
A gradual change in one of the meanings of a word. OmegaWiki
IS A
language change
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Zmiana słownikowa
OPPOSITE OF
pejorative
Wikipedia
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semantic change
Wikidata
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ameliorative, semantic change
OmegaWiki
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semantic drift
Wikipedia Redirections
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amelioration (linguistics), Ameliorative, Auto-converse, Cohyponymic transfer, Desemanticized, Generalization of meaning, Narrowing (diachronic linguistics), Pejorative change, Semantic Change, semantic development, semantic drift, semantic progression, semantic shift, Specialization of meaning
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semantic development, semantic drift, semantic progression, semantic shift

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