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semanticist

DEFINITIONS OF: semanticist

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n a specialist in the study of meaning

Synonyms:
semiotician
Examples:
Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski
United States semanticist (born in Poland) (1879-1950)
Charles Kay Ogden
English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957)
Ivor Armstrong Richards
English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979)
Type of:
linguist, linguistic scientist
a specialist in linguistics
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