markedness
markedness · markednesses
The quality of a word, form or phoneme that is considered to be more complicated, less…The quality of a word, form or phoneme that is considered to be more complicated, less natural or stranger than the usual form.
Meaning
1 senses(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.
Origin
From marked + -ness.From marked + -ness.
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Forms
plural: markednesses| Singular | markedness |
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedmarkedness constraint
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable