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cheshirization

Noun

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cheshirization (uncountable) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

(phonology, rare) Synonym of transphonologization (“a type of sound change whereby a phonemic contrast that used to involve a certain feature evolves in such a way that the contrast is preserved, yet becomes associated with a different feature”) [from 1991]
Synonym: rephonologization

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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