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Once again a case of a forgotten word.
I remember the definition being "a thought or concept of the word formed in the mind before verbalizing it"...
I think it starts with "m"? Well, it has an "m" I reckon... mitragate...migratiate....something like that? hmm....help would be appreciated as always
PS I keep getting "Error on page" when clicking Preview just FYI
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Nah, nothing there, it would've been too easy.  It's a really special word... it probably won't come up in thesauri. But hey, so happy to know someone actually viewed this thread...
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Log, I note recent posting somewhat listless, am guessing summer doldrums
You might try entering "conceive word" or "word before verbalization", etc, in OneLook's Reverse Dictionary, but you will get more responses than you need
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You might try entering "conceive word" or "word before verbalization", etc, in OneLook's Reverse Dictionary, but you will get more responses than you need
ha! (it is to laugh) the word 'verbalization' alone gets just 10 hits. -joe (reverse english) friday
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If none of them fit, it's still more than he needs.
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Try browsing wiki articles on subjects such as Cognitive Linguistics and Speech Cognition.
You're bound to run into it.
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No luck, I remember finding that word while exploring the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, or criticism of that hypothesis. Still, there's nothing in Wikipedia as I remembered it. It's really suppose to mean that the idea of what we want to say comes to us before we use/apply language and words to describe it... I'll keep looking
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You might go to Language Log and check out their various links (right hand column down towards the bottom). There might be something there in the other blogs section that would have a forum or just something that looks close enough for you to fire off an email to someone who would have a good idea. It sounds like a concept that would fit with the thinking of critics of Sapir-Whorf.
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What it is, is subliminal association.
What it should be called is precognition, but precognition is strongly associated with pre concieved notions.
Find a term thay you like for fully conceptualized thoughts and simply prefix "pre".
And if the word you seek is on tswum's list you'd likely do best to contrive a more lucid term or you'll only be able to commune with dogs, rocks,and trees.
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