phraseologism

English

Etymology

From phraseology +‎ -ism. Compare German Phraseologismus, Russian фразеологи́зм (frazeologízm).

Noun

phraseologism (plural phraseologisms)

  1. (linguistics) A fixed expression within a language, regarded as a phraseological unit.
    • 2010, Anita Naciscione, Stylistic Use of Phraseological Units in Discourse, page 4:
      It would be utter nonsense – as has been claimed at times – that[sic] phraseologisms in discourse are absolutely fixed. Nothing is further from the truth, as a large percentage of contextualised references show.
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