The Emergence Machine

Idiom

abstract · linguistics · Level 10 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

idiom emerges from language + meaning.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “idiom” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “idiom”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
grc

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0IdiomExpressionMorphemeEmotionWord ConceptLanguageMind… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesIdiomL10ExpressionL9MorphemeL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Expression L9 (requires)
    An idiom is a fixed expression whose meaning is not predictable from the literal meaning of its individual words, requiring shared cultural knowledge to understand.
  • Morpheme L9 (requires)
    An idiom is a combination of words with meaning distinct from the individual words.