desemanticization

Meaning

1. noun The loss or removal of all or part of the original semantic content (meaning) of a word or morpheme, sometimes (but not always) as part of grammaticalization.

Similar words

desemanticisation desemantization bleaching demorification delexicalization despecialization degrammaticalization deanthropomorphisation demythologization desecularisation

Often followed by

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