单词 | sense-change |
释义 | > as lemmassense-change sense-change n. †(a) a change in the stimuli perceived by the senses (sense 12a) (obsolete); (b) change in the sense or meaning of a word; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1902 G. Spiller Mind of Man ii. 53 Every appreciable sense-change is a change in sense-quality. 1921 G. Stern Swift, Swiftly, & their Synonyms 3 An understanding of the process of sense-change itself, and of its psychological causes. 1951 W. Empson Struct. Complex Words 26 The cause of a sense-change need have nothing to do with the use made of it after it has been pushed through. 2008 D. V. L. Sidtis in B. Stemmer & H. A. Whitaker Handbk. Neurosci. of Lang. xix. 201/1 Associations and prejudice contribute to pejorative sense-change. < as lemmas |
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