| NOUN | cognition | lexicology | the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language |
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| Meaning | The branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language. | |
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| Narrower | onomastics | The branch of lexicology that studies the forms and origins of proper names |
| toponymy, toponomy | The branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language | |
| Broader | linguistics, philology | The humanistic study of language and literature |
| Spanish | lexicología | |
| Catalan | lexicologia | |
| Nouns | lexicologist | a compiler or writer of a dictionary |
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