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sememe
Sememe (noun) means (linguistics) The smallest unit of meaning, such as the meaning carried by a single morpheme.
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(linguistics) The smallest unit of meaning, such as the meaning carried by a single morpheme.
"Since sememes are enhanced in the sememe network (as shown in Fig. 3), both a topic and an article analysis can rely on the sememe network instead of explicit term matching."
— Edward H. Y. Lim, iJADE Infoseeker: On Using Intelligent Context-Aware Agents for Retrieving and Analyzing Chinese Web Articles (2007)
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Etymology
Ultimately formed from Ancient Greek σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “I signify, I mean”) and -eme; compare morpheme.
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"sememe" (noun) means (linguistics) The smallest unit of meaning, such as the meaning carried by a single morpheme.
