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Semantic narrowing

British pronunciation/səmˈantɪk nˈaɹəʊɪŋ/
American pronunciation/səmˈæntɪk nˈæɹoʊɪŋ/
Semantic narrowing
[NOUN]
1

a process in language change where the meaning of a word becomes more specific or limited over time, often referring to a narrower subset of the original meaning

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