Stylistics
noun, (used with a singular verb)
1.
the study and description of the choices of linguistic expression that are characteristic of a group or an individual in specific communicative settings, especially in literary works.
noun
1.
(functioning as singular or pl) a branch of linguistics concerned with the study of characteristic choices in use of language, esp literary language, as regards sound, form, or vocabulary, made by different individuals or social groups in different situations of use
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- Stylite
noun, Ecclesiastical History. 1. one of a class of solitary ascetics who lived on the top of high pillars or columns. noun 1. (Christianity) one of a class of recluses who in ancient times lived on the top of high pillars
- Stylization
verb (used with object), stylized, stylizing. 1. to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize. verb 1. (transitive) to give a conventional or established stylistic form to
- Stylize
verb (used with object), stylized, stylizing. 1. to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize. verb 1. (transitive) to give a conventional or established stylistic form to
- Stylized
verb (used with object), stylized, stylizing. 1. to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize. verb 1. (transitive) to give a conventional or established stylistic form to
- Stylo-
1. a combining form representing style, or styloid, in the formation of compound words: stylography. 1. a combining form meaning “column,” “pillar,” “tube,” used in the formation of compound words: stylolite. combining form 1. (in biology) a style: stylopodium 2. indicating a column or point: stylobate, stylograph stylo- or styl- pref. Styloid; styloid process: stylohyal.