linguistic
adjective
lin·guis·tic
liŋ-ˈgwi-stik 
variants
or less commonly linguistical
: of or relating to language or linguistics
linguistic scholars
linguistic changes
Synonyms of linguistic
Examples of linguistic in a Sentence
the age at which children begin to acquire linguistic skills
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That word is a product of linguistic confusion, according to Yeazell.
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Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
For the bans on Proust and other international writers only applied to translations, allowing those with sufficient linguistic ability to consume scandalous masterpieces from abroad in their original form.
—Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
All in all, the show tackles a thoughtful premise — even two people speaking the same linguistic language will need their thoughts translated — and almost got it right but took a couple of tangents after the halfway mark.
—Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
In order to measure what most of us would instantly consider a subjective field, the team used divergent linguistic creativity tasks to score the latest LLMs including ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, as well as the humans.
—New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026
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Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
For the bans on Proust and other international writers only applied to translations, allowing those with sufficient linguistic ability to consume scandalous masterpieces from abroad in their original form.
—Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
All in all, the show tackles a thoughtful premise — even two people speaking the same linguistic language will need their thoughts translated — and almost got it right but took a couple of tangents after the halfway mark.
—Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
In order to measure what most of us would instantly consider a subjective field, the team used divergent linguistic creativity tasks to score the latest LLMs including ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, as well as the humans.
—New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026
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 9 Feb. 2026.
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