-cism (English, suffix)
expansion: -cism
expansion: -cism
Senses:
glosses: Added to names of primarily Greek letters to indicate a phonetic phenomenon relating to the corresponding phoneme:
Excessive usage of the phoneme.
tags: morpheme
glosses: Added to names of primarily Greek letters to indicate a phonetic phenomenon relating to the corresponding phoneme:
A sound change towards the phoneme.
tags: morpheme
glosses: Added to names of primarily Greek letters to indicate a phonetic phenomenon relating to the corresponding phoneme:
The retention of a phoneme when related varieties lose it.
tags: morpheme
glosses: Added to names of primarily Greek letters to indicate a phonetic phenomenon relating to the corresponding phoneme:
A speech disorder marked by either excessive or defective use of the phoneme.
tags: morpheme
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