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wordshaping en · NOUN

Etymology

From word + shaping. Compare Dutch woordschepping, German Wortschöpfung (“word creation”), Swedish ordskapande.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The art or practice of shaping, forming, or creating words.
   • Marie von Sievers had her place in the art of word-shaping; to dramatic representation she had the most beautiful relationship. 2003, Rudolf Steiner, Story of My Life:
   • Another fault exists in our Hebrew books of instruction: though they greedily compare roots or what are supposed to be roots, they exclude the general principles of wordshaping, which as long as man has a mouth will be found prevailing […] 1861, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Spoon and sparrow:
2. (uncountable) The art of using words to form representations or images.
   • Such word-shaping is useful to all wayfinders but particularly so to wayfinders with one or another form of sight-impairment. Word-shaping is particularly important in the context of wayfinding because of most sign-panels […] 2000, Philip G. Barker, Masoud Yazdani, Iconic communication:

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Relateds

wordbuilding · wordshape