pseudolinguistic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From pseudo- +‎ linguistic.

Adjective[edit]

pseudolinguistic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to pseudo-linguistics; falling short of linguistic standards. [From the early 20th century.]
    • The Rice institute pamphlets, Volume 2 (1915), p. 172
      representatives of previous pseudolinguistic science, the philologists
  2. Having some qualities similar to language, but not quite amounting to language in the narrow sense; quasilinguistic.
  3. Relating to pseudolanguage.
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