dalam pengertian sempit

In the Narrow Sense

Level 6

Dalam pengertian sempit means "in the narrow sense." It is a formal academic expression used to isolate a specific, technical definition of a word, often contrasting it with a broader general meaning.

How It Works

In Indonesian academic and legal discourse, concepts often have multiple layers of meaning. Dalam pengertian sempit is the tool used to specify the most restricted layer.

1. Syntactic Usage:
It usually follows the noun it modifies or follows a verb of definition:

Noun + Phrase: Keluarga dalam pengertian sempit... (Family in the narrow sense...)
Verb + Phrase: Istilah ini diartikan dalam pengertian sempit sebagai... (This term is defined in the narrow sense as...)

2. Contrastive Function:
It distinguishes a narrower interpretation from a broader one; both can be technical definitions. It is frequently paired with its antonym, dalam pengertian luas (in the broad sense).

3. Register:
This is a Level 6 formal expression. You will encounter it in:

Legal statutes and contracts.
Scientific and academic papers.
Formal lectures and philosophical debates.

Examples (3)

Pendidikan dalam pengertian sempit identik dengan persekolahan.
Education in the narrow sense is identical to schooling.
Word by Word: Education in understanding narrow identical with schooling.
Here, the phrase restricts the broad concept of 'education' (which can happen anywhere) to the specific technical context of formal schools.
Dalam pengertian sempit, korupsi hanya mencakup penyuapan pejabat publik.
In the narrow sense, corruption only includes the bribery of public officials.
Word by Word: In understanding narrow, corruption only include bribery official public.
The introductory phrase sets the scope of the definition proposed in this sentence. This is a language example, not an authoritative legal definition of corruption.
Istilah 'bahasa' dalam pengertian sempit merujuk pada komunikasi lisan.
The term 'language' in the narrow sense refers to oral communication.
Word by Word: Term 'language' in understanding narrow refer to communication oral.
This narrows 'language' from all forms of signaling to specifically human speech.

Common Mistakes

Adding a narrow-definition phrase when no narrowing is intended.
Makan dalam pengertian sempit adalah mengunyah.
Makan berarti mengunyah dan menelan makanan.
The phrase is appropriate whenever you deliberately define a narrow sense, even for an everyday word such as makan. The alternative gives an ordinary definition. Choose according to whether narrowing the meaning is actually useful; formality alone does not make the original ungrammatical.
Using the wrong preposition 'dengan' instead of 'dalam'.
Dengan pengertian sempit, hukum adalah peraturan tertulis.
Dalam pengertian sempit, hukum adalah peraturan tertulis.
Use dalam pengertian sempit for the intended in-the-narrow-sense phrase. Dengan pengertian has other uses, such as with the understanding that; it is not interchangeable in this example.

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dalam pengertian sempitLevel 6In the Narrow Sense

Learn This First

To understand 'dalam pengertian sempit', a learner needs to be comfortable with Indonesian prepositional phrases and the basic noun-adjective word order. It is also helpful to understand the simpler 'dalam arti' (in the sense of) before moving to this more specific technical restriction.

dalam artiIn the Sense of
This is a closely related and simpler phrase meaning 'in the sense of', which provides the semantic foundation for restricting definitions.
Level 6

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