variants
also linguistical
as in verbal
of or relating to words or language
the age at which children begin to acquire linguistic skills
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Recent Examples of linguistic
Dictionaries rely on the belief that the word is the basic unit of linguistic meaning.
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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
There’s a core set of areas in adult brains that acts as an interconnected system for computing linguistic structure.
—Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2025
In multilingual democracies, AI chatbots can offer real-time conversational translations, support linguistic inclusion and allow voters to ask clarifying questions in their preferred language.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
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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
There’s a core set of areas in adult brains that acts as an interconnected system for computing linguistic structure.
—Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2025
In multilingual democracies, AI chatbots can offer real-time conversational translations, support linguistic inclusion and allow voters to ask clarifying questions in their preferred language.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for linguistic
Adjective
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Texas law does allow a defense if the interference was speech only, meaning verbal criticism without physical action.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
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Then, the husband and a second neighbor had a verbal altercation, leading to the husband being charged with threatening to commit a crime, and with assault with intent to intimidate based on the victim’s race, religion, color and/or disability.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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From Ron being just the guiding light of all of it, and so understanding, communicative and gentle with me — just such a great leader in every way, shape or form.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Nov. 2025
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The uncertainty has been hard, even with suppliers being communicative and transparent.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Sometimes a word has to serve time in lexical purgatory before it can be admitted to the Big Book.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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Luvell Anderson, head of the philosophy department at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, has written extensively on the lexical category of slurs.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
6 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The Four Freedoms Roosevelt named were not rhetorical ornaments offered as inspiration so much as a diagnosis.—
Philip Martin,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Most Venezuelans who are smart recognize that this is a rhetorical device.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Linguistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linguistic. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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