definee

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

define +‎ -ee

Noun[edit]

definee (plural definees)

  1. (logic) One that is being defined.
    • 1976, Monroe C. Beardsley, Writing With Reason: Logic for Composition - Page 37‎[1]:
      […] by presenting us with another term (the definer) that has the same meaning as the definee. Moreover, a definition does not merely give us a single word that is a synonym of the definee:
      "Liberty" means the same as "freedom."
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