adjective
- of, relating to, or consisting of lexemes (the smallest units of language that carry meaning)
Usage: linguistics; technical
Examples
- The lexemic analysis of the text revealed how individual meaning-bearing units combine to form larger expressions.
- Linguists use lexemic segmentation to break down words into their fundamental semantic components.
- Understanding lexemic structure helps explain how languages organize and convey meaning.
- The lexemic approach to translation focuses on preserving the core meaning units rather than word-for-word equivalence.