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allonymies

allonymies is the plural of allonymy.

Meaning of allonymy

Noun

allonymy (usually uncountable, plural allonymies)

  1. (usually) The use of allonyms.
    • Allonymy, I think, should be distinguished from the ordinary indirect naming in that the former presupposes a habitual avoidance of the proper name of the person designated, as this is indeed already implied in the descriptions of Tylor and Winick.1961, Descriptive and Applied Linguistics - Volumes 1-5, page 35

Questions about allonymies

What is allonymies the plural of?
Allonymies is the plural of allonymy.

Words near allonymies in the dictionary

  1. allonormativity
  2. allonurse
  3. allonursed
  4. allonursing
  5. allonym
  6. allonymies
  7. allonymous
  8. allonymously
  9. allonyms
  10. allonymy
  11. alloo

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