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markedness en · NOUN

Etymology

From marked + -ness.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The quality of a word, form or phoneme that is considered to be more complicated, less natural or stranger than the usual form.
- Using the word "comedienne" instead of "comedian" can be seen as an example of markedness.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
markednesses	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

markedness constraint

Translations (1)

fi tunnusmerkillisyys (quality of being more complicated)