polysyllable

noun

Definition of polysyllablenext
as in linguistic form

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polysyllable
  1. modernism
  2. coinage
  3. speech form
  4. euphemism
  5. neologism
  6. loanword
  7. colloquialism
  8. monosyllable
Noun
  • Verbatim: Fredric Jameson Marxist cultural critic Fredric Jameson offered a philosophy of late capitalism that gave us a language for talking about globalization and the end of modernism.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Street scenes, meanwhile, could only be shot with extreme caution, and usually only scenes involving the hijab, the veil for women whose removal has become a symbol in the fight for liberation and modernism.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of modernism
Noun
  • The bottom line is, printing paper money or minting token coinage is easy profitable technology, but you are just not allowed to do it; that is the direction of travel at present.
    Clem Chambers, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The buyers, a group that included coinage expert Mitch Spivack, resold it for $516,000 five days later.
    Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of coinage
Noun
  • Tam argues that these speech forms are not just dialects but distinct languages, as different from one another as many of the languages spoken in Europe.
    Gina Anne Tam, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
  • This system frees up space for speeches to be more interesting, as seen in Sheryl Lee Ralph’s musical interpolation of the acceptance-speech form.
    Vulture, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2022
Definition of speech form
Noun
  • Her second prank ended up with Ubah puking up Jenna Lyon’s perfect pavlova (not a euphemism).
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Many experts argue that both are simply euphemisms for extrajudicial executions, which the laws of armed conflict proscribe.
    Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of euphemism
Noun
  • As a host, Scherzinger could play the eager theater kid to the likes of the intimidating Simon Cowell, throwing out neologisms like schamazing.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Osmond and Huxley had discussed possible neologisms to describe the impact such drugs had on the body and mind.
    Paul Lindholdt, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2024
Definition of neologism
Noun
  • In fact, Mandarin itself used thousands of loanwords from Japanese and English when new disciplines such as sociology and natural science entered China’s curricula a mere century ago.
    Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2023
  • During this period, more than 10,000 loanwords from French entered the English language, mostly in domains where the aristocracy held sway: the arts, military, medicine, law and religion.
    Phillip M. Carter, Fortune Well, 12 June 2023
Definition of loanword
Noun
  • Kam understood the regional colloquialism assignment!
    Cindi Andrews and Katie Wissman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The fine line between being relatable to your audience and appearing unprofessional by going against consumer preferences to formality by using slang, colloquialisms, or informalities can potentially damage brand growth with both new and existing consumers.
    Gary Drenik, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Definition of colloquialism
Noun
  • And so, while the two talked at and around Andy Warhol and to each other, Warhol sat with his tiny dachshund, Archie Bunker, in his lap and snapped the reporters’ pictures with his new Polaroid camera, answering direct questions with shrugs or vague monosyllables.
    Stephen Birmingham, Town & Country, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Hearing this jab of monosyllables is like being poked in the eye.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
Definition of monosyllable
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