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extralinguistic

American

[ek-struh-ling-gwis-tik] / ˌɛk strə lɪŋˈgwɪs tɪk /

adjective

not included within the realm of language or linguistics.

Other Word Forms

extralinguistically adverb

Etymology

Origin of extralinguistic

First recorded in 1925–30; extra- + linguistic

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