ekspansiosanan
Ekspansiosanan is a coinage used in linguistic discussions to denote a lexical expansion process in which a base word gains new semantic fields through metaphor, cross-domain extension, and productive derivation, thereby broadening its referential scope beyond the original sense.
The term appears mainly in online glossaries and speculative discussions from the early 21st century and is
What characterizes ekspansiosanan is its emphasis on intentional, multi-domain expansion rather than incidental polysemy: semantic broadening
Illustrative discussions show how a concrete-object word can acquire abstract or technological senses through cross-domain metaphor.
Because ekspansiosanan is not widely adopted in formal references, most descriptions rely on hypothetical examples and
Related concepts include polysemy, semantic shift, and lexical expansion.