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The vocabulary of a language, subject, or individual.
Her lexicon expanded significantly after studying linguistics.
She learned many new words after studying linguistics.
Often used in linguistics to describe the total set of words in a language.
The mental dictionary of words a person knows.
His lexicon includes many technical terms from his engineering background.
He knows many specialized words from his engineering work.
In psychology, this refers to an individual's personal vocabulary.
Use 'lexicon' when referring to a systematic collection of words, not just a random list.
Lexicon refers to the total set of words, not just a few examples.
From Greek 'lexikon', meaning 'of words', from 'lexis' (word).
Often used in academic or technical contexts to describe word collections.