Explore Archaism through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like formulation or expression. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Archaism meaning
- The adoption or imitation of archaic words or style.
- An archaic word, style, etc.
Synonyms of Archaism
Using Archaism
- The main meaning on this page is: The adoption or imitation of archaic words or style. | An archaic word, style, etc.
- Useful related words include: archaicism, formulation, expression.
- In the example corpus, archaism often appears in combinations such as: an archaism.
Context around Archaism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 38 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Archaism
- In this selection, "archaism" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 38 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include as an archaism. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "archaism" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with archaism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Vocabulary Despite its relative lexical unity, the two dialectal blocks of Catalan (Eastern and Western) show some differences in word choices.sfn Any lexical divergence within any of the two groups can be explained as an archaism. (37 words)
Vocabulary Word choices Despite its relative lexical unity, the two dialectal blocks of Catalan (Eastern and Western) show some differences in word choices.sfn Any lexical divergence within any of the two groups can be explained as an archaism. (39 words)
Vocabulary Word choices Despite its relative lexical unity, the two dialectal blocks of Catalan (Eastern and Western) show some differences in word choices.sfn Any lexical divergence within any of the two groups can be explained as an archaism. (39 words)
Vocabulary Despite its relative lexical unity, the two dialectal blocks of Catalan (Eastern and Western) show some differences in word choices.sfn Any lexical divergence within any of the two groups can be explained as an archaism. (37 words)
Example sentences (2)
Vocabulary Despite its relative lexical unity, the two dialectal blocks of Catalan (Eastern and Western) show some differences in word choices.sfn Any lexical divergence within any of the two groups can be explained as an archaism.
Vocabulary Word choices Despite its relative lexical unity, the two dialectal blocks of Catalan (Eastern and Western) show some differences in word choices.sfn Any lexical divergence within any of the two groups can be explained as an archaism.
Common combinations with archaism
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an archaism 2×