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    Is there a name for the phenomenon whereby a word appears to lose its meaning if repeated over and over?

    Question #120863. Asked by darkpresence. (Mar 25 11 7:05 PM)


    hazelpethig

    Semantic satiation. http://grammar.about.com/od/rs/g/Semantic-Satiation.htm

    Mar 25 11, 7:51 PM


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