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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These linguistic evolutions have wide-reaching implications.
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
Dictionaries rely on the belief that the word is the basic unit of linguistic meaning.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, German football analysts were suggesting that England’s lack of an equivalent word was not a mere linguistic shortcoming, but a tactical failing too.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
Somewhere within those broad frontal and temporal areas, everybody will have some tissue that is reliably doing linguistic computations.
—Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2025
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
Dictionaries rely on the belief that the word is the basic unit of linguistic meaning.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, German football analysts were suggesting that England’s lack of an equivalent word was not a mere linguistic shortcoming, but a tactical failing too.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
Somewhere within those broad frontal and temporal areas, everybody will have some tissue that is reliably doing linguistic computations.
—Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 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 30 Dec. 2025.
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