paleologism

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A word or phrase that was coined in the distant past, often now obscured or offensive, or if recently used: possibly having a definition or implication different from that of any earlier usage.
    — Another is the paleologism of pars pro toto in which a part of an organ or function can symbolize the whole organ or concept; eg, the stomach may be the locus of difficulty with a patient with a history of frustrated dependency needs because of its association with the process of being fed and loved by the mother.
  2. An obsolete term.

词形变化

paleologisms plural palaeologism alternative palæologism alternative

词汇关系

反义词
neologism
相关词
paleologist

词源

From paleo- + -logism, from Ancient Greek: παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) in combination with λόγος (lógos, “word”).
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