EGAVE

idiomaticity

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The quality of being idiomatic.
  2. noun An instance or category of instances of that quality.
  3. noun 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).

Similar words

idiomacy idiomaticness unidiomaticity unidiomaticness idoneousness idiocity indexicality idoneity idiosyncraticity metaphoricity

Often followed by

in and of is as that to are has

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