pseudolinguistic

English

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ linguistic.

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Adjective

pseudolinguistic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to pseudo-linguistics; falling short of linguistic standards. [From the early 20th century.]
   • The Rice institute pamphlets, Volume 2 (1915), p. 172

     representatives of previous pseudolinguistic science, the philologists

2. Having some qualities similar to language, but not quite amounting to language in the narrow sense; quasilinguistic.
3. Relating to pseudolanguage.