Meaning of binaristic | Babel Free

Definitions

Exhibiting or advocating binarism.

Examples

“It should be pointed out that Jakobson upheld his binaristic conception with absolute consistency: in one of his last⟳ Prague lectures (1938) he also undertook a thorough binaristic classification of consonant phonemes, dividing their opposition in terms so far unknown: forward-flanged vs backward-flanged […]”

“While it may be politically advantageous (and empirically accurate) to reject⟳ the racially binaristic thinking of the 1960s civil rights era, it is nevertheless the case that blacks remain⟳ the poorest racial minority in the United States per capita, […]”

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