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degrammaticalization.

The process of degrammaticalizing, of making less grammatical, or of making ungrammatical.

20 characters8 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The process of degrammaticalizing, of making less grammatical, or of making ungrammatical.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The process of language change by which a morpheme (grammeme) is strengthened to become a content word, or otherwise have more lexical content.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From de- + grammaticalization.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.