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DIACHRONIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diachronic mean?
• DIACHRONIC (adjective)
The adjective DIACHRONIC has 1 sense:
1. used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
Familiarity information: DIACHRONIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
Synonyms:
diachronic; historical
Context example:
diachronic linguistics
Domain category:
language; linguistic communication (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)
Antonym:
synchronic (concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents)
Derivation:
diachrony (the study of linguistic change)
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