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Meaning of nomenclaturism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
nəˈmɛŋklət͡ʃəˌɹɪzəm

Definitions

The conception of language as a nomenclature.

uncountable

Examples

Nomenclaturismthe notion that words are essentially nameshas thus had a long history; surreptitiously it still pervades much of the discourse about the nature of translation between languages, which have words thatnamedifferent things, or that name the same thing in different ways.”

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C2
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