parasynonymous
/P EH1 R AE1 S IH1 N AH0 N AH0 M AH0 S/adjective
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(linguistics) Having common meaning. More specifically, terms (words or phrases) T and T′ are parasynonyms if:
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(linguistics) Relating to parasynonymy.
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S₁ is a sense of T and S₂ is a sense of T′.
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S₁ is similar to S₂, but not identical.
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