idiomaticity
/IH1 D IY0 AH0 M AH0 T IH1 S AH0 T IY0/noun
- 1
(uncountable) The quality of being idiomatic.
- 2
(linguistics, countable, rare) 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).
- 3
(countable, rare) An instance or category of instances of that quality.
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