Associations to the word «Acrolect»
Noun
Adverb
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Wiktionary
ACROLECT, noun. (linguistics) The variety of speech that is considered most suitable for formal occasions (typically using only standard forms); opposed to mesolect and basilect.
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.