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Lexis (linguistics) In linguistics, the term lexis (from 'word') designates the complete set of all possible words in a language, or a particular subset of words that are grouped by some specific linguistic criteria. For example, the general term ''English lexi ...

, a term for a language's lexicon in the abstract, or a synonymous expression *

Lexis (Aristotle) In philosophy, lexis (from the Greek: λέξις "word") is a complete group of words in a language, vocabulary, the total set of all words in a language, and all words that have meaning or a function in grammar. Lexis according to Plato Accord ...

, in philosophy *

Lexis diagram In demography, a Lexis diagram (named after economist and social scientist Wilhelm Lexis) is a two-dimensional diagram used to represent events (such as births or deaths) that occur to individuals belonging to different cohorts. Calendar time i ...

, in demography

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LexisNexis LexisNexis is an American data analytics company headquartered in New York, New York. Its products are various databases that are accessed through online portals, including portals for computer-assisted legal research (CALR), newspaper searc ...

, a database of legal and public records and its publisher *''Lexis Journal in English Lexicology'' published by OpenEdition.org

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Wilhelm Lexis Wilhelm Lexis (17 July 1837, Eschweiler, Germany – 24 August 1914, Göttingen, Germany), full name Wilhelm Hector Richard Albrecht Lexis,Obituary by Felix Klein(in German) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lexis, Wilhelm 1837 births 1914 deaths People from ...

(1837–1914), German statistician, economist, and social scientist

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