| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| semasiology |
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| SYLLABICATION: | se·ma·si·ol·o·gy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s -m  s - l  -j, -z- |
| NOUN: | See semantics (sense 2). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek smasi, meaning (from smainein, to signify; see semantic) + logy. | | OTHER FORMS: | se·masi·o·logi·cal (--lj-kl) —ADJECTIVE
se·masi·olo·gist —NOUN
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