plesionymous

English

Etymology

plesionym +‎ -ous

Adjective

plesionymous (not comparable)

  1. (construed with with) Having a similar but differentiable and contrastable meaning; of or being a plesionym.
    • 1993, DiMarco, Chrysanne; Hirst, Graeme; Stede, Manfred, “The semantic and stylistic differentiation of synonyms and near-synonyms”, in AAAI Symposia‎, pages 120-127:
      A set of word senses drawn from two or more languages can be also thought of as synonymous or plesionymous if they meet the requisite conditions.

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