locutionary

American  

[loh-kyoo-shuh-ner-ee] / loʊˈkju ʃəˌnɛr i /

adjective

Philosophy, Linguistics.

1. pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener.

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Etymology

Origin of locutionary

First recorded in 1950–55; locution + -ary