semantic bleaching

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The process of a term losing its intensity over time. uncountable,usually
    — Another type of status change is semantic bleaching, where the original meaning of the word has been eroded away and generalized by heavy usage, as in words like very (originally “true”), awful (“full of awe”), terrible (“able to cause terror”).

词形变化

semantic bleachings plural

词源

From semantic + bleaching.
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