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Meaning of nomenclaturism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
/nəˈmɛŋklət͡ʃəˌɹɪzəm/

Definitions

The conception of language as a nomenclature.

uncountable

Examples

“Nomenclaturism—the notion that words are essentially names—has thus had a long history; surreptitiously it still pervades much of the discourse about the nature of translation between languages, which have words that ‘name’ different things, or that name the same thing in different ways.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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