semanticist

Other forms: semanticists

Definitions of semanticist
  1. noun
    a specialist in the study of meaning
    synonyms: semiotician
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    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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