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vernacularism

ver·nac·u·lar·ism
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ver-nak-yuh-luh-riz-uh m, vuh-nak-]
    • /vərˈnæk yə ləˌrɪz əm, vəˈnæk-/
    • /və.ˈnæ.kjʊ.lə.rɪzm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ver-nak-yuh-luh-riz-uh m, vuh-nak-]
    • /vərˈnæk yə ləˌrɪz əm, vəˈnæk-/

Definitions of vernacularism word

  • noun vernacularism a vernacular word or expression. 1
  • noun vernacularism the use of the vernacular. 1
  • noun vernacularism the use of the vernacular or a term in the vernacular 0
  • noun vernacularism a vernacular word, phrase, or usage 0
  • noun vernacularism the use of vernacular language 0
  • noun vernacularism A vernacular idiom. 0
See all 6 definitions of vernacularism

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Origin of vernacularism

First appearance:

before 1840
One of the 33% newest English words
First recorded in 1840-50; vernacular + -ism

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Parts of speech for Vernacularism

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Vernacularism

vernacularism popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

vernacularism usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for vernacularism

noun vernacularism

  • barbarism — If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarism, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.
  • catachresis — the incorrect use of words, as luxuriant for luxurious
  • idiom — an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
  • localism — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
  • malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
All 5 Synonyms of vernacularism

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