markedness

English - Turkish

Definition of markedness in English Turkish dictionary

belirtililik

English - English

Definition of markedness in English English dictionary

The phenomenon of words, forms or phonemes that are considered to be more complicated, less natural or stranger than usual forms

Using the word comedienne instead of comedian can be seen as an example of markedness.

{i} marked form, basic default form in Linguistics

Hyphenation

mark·ed·ness

Etymology

() marked +‎ -ness