linguistic
adjective
lin·guis·tic
liŋ-ˈgwi-stik 
variants
or less commonly linguistical
: of or relating to language or linguistics
linguistic scholars
linguistic changes
Examples of linguistic in a Sentence
the age at which children begin to acquire linguistic skills
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After the 1707 Act of Union, Scott was reminding British readers that Scotland was a land of linguistic diversity where Scots and Gaelic flowed freely.
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Rachel Ashcroft
july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
Emoji, the not-quite-a-language language, were becoming part of the world’s linguistic—and commercial—infrastructure, importing some of the unruliness of IRL interaction into virtual spaces.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025
Despite cultural, geographical, or linguistic differences, such human experiences are often deeply shared.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
Your brain breaks apart fleeting streams of acoustic information into parallel channels – linguistic, emotional and musical – and acts as a biological multicore processor.
—Hysell V. Oviedo, The Conversation, 4 June 2025
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Rachel Ashcroft
july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
Emoji, the not-quite-a-language language, were becoming part of the world’s linguistic—and commercial—infrastructure, importing some of the unruliness of IRL interaction into virtual spaces.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025
Despite cultural, geographical, or linguistic differences, such human experiences are often deeply shared.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
Your brain breaks apart fleeting streams of acoustic information into parallel channels – linguistic, emotional and musical – and acts as a biological multicore processor.
—Hysell V. Oviedo, The Conversation, 4 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for linguistic
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“Linguistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/linguistic. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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