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sememe
(sem¦eme)
Pronunciation:
/ˈsɛmiːm, ˈsiːm-/
noun
Linguistics
the unit of meaning carried by a morpheme.
Compare with
semanteme
.
Origin:
early 20th century
: from
seme
+
-eme
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