phraseme

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Etymology

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From phrase +‎ -eme.

Noun

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phraseme (plural phrasemes)

  1. (linguistics) An utterance, consisting of multiple words or morphemes, at least one of whose components is selectionally constrained or restricted by linguistic convention such that it is not freely chosen.
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