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a reference book giving information about the meanings, pronunciations, uses, and origins of words listed in alphabetical order
an avid word enthusiast who is compiling a lexicon of archaic and unusual words
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The older vocabulary of life-defining commitments and meaning-making projects continued to wither while a new lexicon took hold: self-acceptance, self-esteem, self-love.
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January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Exploring themes of empty consumerism, social isolation, and toxic masculinity before that phrase entered the cultural lexicon, American Psycho gives the audience a lot to ponder in addition to operating as an entertaining horror film.
—Johnny Loftus, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The Celtic words that made their way into the lexicon tended to be location-based.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
That is fueled in no small part by a sense that the tide has turned both culturally and politically against those seeking to keep the word out of the popular lexicon.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 8 May 2025
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January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Exploring themes of empty consumerism, social isolation, and toxic masculinity before that phrase entered the cultural lexicon, American Psycho gives the audience a lot to ponder in addition to operating as an entertaining horror film.
—Johnny Loftus, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The Celtic words that made their way into the lexicon tended to be location-based.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
That is fueled in no small part by a sense that the tide has turned both culturally and politically against those seeking to keep the word out of the popular lexicon.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lexicon
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Jacques Bailly took a razor blade to the dictionary in 1991, revolutionizing the mechanics of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
26 May 2025
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Idaho’s state statute doesn’t define what a flag is, according to Ada County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Lauren Montague, who said the office was relying on the Oxford dictionary definition.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
14 May 2025
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“Lexicon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lexicon. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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