idiomaticity
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English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]idiomaticity (countable and uncountable, plural idiomaticities)
- (uncountable) The quality of being idiomatic.
- Synonyms: idiomaticness, (rare) idiomacy
- Antonyms: unidiomaticity, unidiomaticness
- (countable, rare) An instance or category of instances of that quality.
- (linguistics, countable, rare) The state of a linguistic expression which exists when the expression exhibits semantic-pragmatic divergence, when the semantic value of the expression differs from its pragmatic value; that is to say, idiomaticity exists when the inherent meaning of the words expressed does not match the meaning of the expression as understood by the users: the sayer(s) and hearer(s).
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[edit]the quality of being idiomatic
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