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sememe

sememe |ˈsɛmiːm, ˈsiːm -| ▶noun Linguistics the unit of meaning carried by a morpheme. Compare with semanteme. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from seme + -eme .

 

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sememe

sememe |ˈsɛmiːm, ˈsiːm -| ▶noun Linguistics the unit of meaning carried by a morpheme. Compare with semanteme. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from seme + -eme .