define phraseology
In linguistics , phraseology is the study of set or fixed expressions , such as idioms , phrasal verbs , and other types of multi-word lexical units ( often collectively referred to as phrasemes ) , in which the component parts of the expression take on a meaning more specific than or otherwise not predictable from the sum of their meanings when ...
Example Sentences for phraseology. We all know that the phraseology of the letter was of no importance whatever. He was more accustomed to the phraseology of the prayer-meeting than of the public school. The 'subjectivity' opposed to this, in Schopenhauer's phraseology, is preoccupation with the interests of one's own will.