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semantics
noun
(se-man-tics)
the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text
Examples:
A petty argument about semantics.
semantics
noun
(se-man-tics)
the study of language meaning
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ontology
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syntax
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logic
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semiotics
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abstraction
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semasiology
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sematology
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sememe
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logical system
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tagmemics
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parsing
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obfuscation
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hairsplitting
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syntactician
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technicalities
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formal language
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tagmeme
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logical fallacy
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mumbo jumbo
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pragmatics
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descriptive linguistics
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metalinguistics
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red herring
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generalities
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historical linguistics
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object language
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subjunctive
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propositional logic
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jargons
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legalese
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universals
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nomenclature
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definitions
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split infinitive
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pedantry
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pluralization
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technobabble
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abstract noun
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meta
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schema
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predicate calculus
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per se
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prepositional phrase
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anthropic
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philosophical
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modal logic
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doubletalk
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linguistics
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conjecture
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boolean logic
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transformational grammar
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subroutines
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reductionism
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balderdash
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weasel words
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absolutes
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orismology
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semantics
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