lexicon has definitions from the fields of linguistics,writing
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[ noun ] a language user's knowledge of words

Used in print

(J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)

It also overlooks the fact that in a rational lexicon , and quite clearly in More 's lexicon , the opposite of serious is not gay but frivolous , and the opposite of gay is not serious but solemn .

It also overlooks the fact that in a rational lexicon , and quite clearly in More 's lexicon , the opposite of serious is not gay but frivolous , and the opposite of gay is not serious but solemn .

Related terms

cognition language

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[ noun ] (linguistics,writing) a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

Synonyms

dictionary

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