semanticist
Americannoun
plural
semanticistsOther Word Forms
- semanticism noun
Example Sentences
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The Senate The political novices included a 70-year-old semanticist in California, a former astronaut in New Mexico, a rancher in Wyoming and a tax lawyer in Utah.
From Time Magazine Archive
A semanticist with an excellent reputation among academics, Hayakawa was approaching retirement age in 1968 when he was made acting president of San Francisco State College.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hayakawa, a formidable semanticist who led the crusade, promised it was not meant to homogenize Californian life.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It beats jogging," insists Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa, the tam-o'-shantered semanticist and college president turned junior Senator from California.
From Time Magazine Archive
And even a skilled semanticist had trouble in making anything called a Fuzzy sound menacing.
From Little Fuzzy by Piper, H. Beam
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