sociolect.

A language variety associated with a particular social group rather than one individual.

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Words that belong together

• urban sociolect
• features of a sociolect
• study a sociolect

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The study examined a sociolect shared by workers in the same trade.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal / analytical. Lexical Type: Word. Forms: Singular sociolect; plural sociolects. Commonness: uncommon (editorial estimate; not a corpus frequency statistic). Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1; numbered fields keep each relevant meaning separate. Research distinction: Dictionary search definition verifies a social-group variety, kept distinct from idiolect and a merely regional variety. Writing functions: language analysis, conceptual distinction.