LINGUISTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does linguistic mean? 

• LINGUISTIC (adjective)
  The adjective LINGUISTIC has 2 senses:

1. consisting of or related to language

2. of or relating to the scientific study of language

  Familiarity information: LINGUISTIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LINGUISTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consisting of or related to language

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

lingual; linguistic

Context example:

lingual diversity

Antonym:

nonlinguistic (not consisting of or related to language)

Pertainym:

language (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)

Derivation:

linguist (a person who speaks more than one language)

linguistics (the humanistic study of language and literature)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the scientific study of language

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

linguistic theory

Pertainym:

linguistics (the scientific study of language)

Derivation:

linguist (a specialist in linguistics)

linguistics (the scientific study of language)

 Context examples 

A measure of linguistic development based on a person's ability to accurately repeat nonsense words.

(Non-word Repetition, NCI Thesaurus)

Ethnicity - an arbitrary classification of the social group a person belongs to, and either identifies with or is identified with by others, as a result of a complex of cultural, biological, geographical and other factors such as linguistic, dietary and religion traditions; ancestry, background, allegiance, or association; and physical characteristics traditionally associated with race.

(Ethnicity, NCI Thesaurus)