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locutionary

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lo⋅cu⋅tion⋅ar⋅y

[loh-kyoo-shuh-ner-ee]
–adjective Philosophy, Linguistics.
pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener.


Origin:
1950–55; locution + -ary
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