markedness

10 letters · noun · scores 3,000 in SpellHuntr

noun

The quality of a word, form or phoneme that is considered to be more complicated, less natural or stranger than the usual form.

Markedness in a sentence

Using the word "comedienne" instead of "comedian" can be seen as an example of markedness.

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