logogenic

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English

Etymology

From logo- +‎ -genic.

Adjective

logogenic (comparative more logogenic, superlative most logogenic)

  1. (music) In which the words dominate any melody
    • 2012, Philip Bohlman, Jewish Music and Modernity:
      In the earliest biblical and historical contexts prior to the diaspora, cantillation and music were fundamentally logogenic, with distinctions between song and instrumental practices being critical to the origins of musical sound in worship.

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