Dictionary

learnedism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɚnɪdɪzəm/ (General-American)
• /ˈlɜːnɪdɪzəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From learned + -ism. Compare learned borrowing.

Meanings

1. (especially, of Greek) A word acquired through formal education rather than through childhood language acquisition.
   • Katharevousa τὸ πλοῖον and the demotic learnedism τὸ πλοῖο mean 'ship' in general. Demotic πλοῖο is stylistically more elevated than its synonym τὸ καράβι. 1975 November 14, Kostas Kazazis, “Greek Reactions to an Ancient Greek Primer for Turks”, in Modern Philology, volume 73, number 2, The University of Chicago Press, →DOI, page 164:
   • Furthermore, περ is productive in the Italiot texts, presumably as a learnedism rather than a popular survival. 1998 July 15, Nick Nicholas, “το ανερ and ο οποιοs: Untangling Medieval Greek Relativisation”, in Themes in Greek Linguistics, volume II, The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 294:
   • I also hear clearly his adoption of a perspective indexed by his use of anthropological terms (for example, he repeatedly uses the word boribot, “context,” a true learnedism, in his current conversations[…] 2020 May 18, Michael Herzfeld, “Whose Rights to Which Past? Archeologists, Anthropologists, and the Ethics and Aesthetics of Heritage in the Global Hierarchy of Value”, in David Shankland, editor, Archaeology and Anthropology: Past, Present and Future, Routledge, →ISBN, page 59:

Forms

Descendants

learnedism