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antonomasias

antonomasias is the plural of antonomasia.

Meaning of antonomasia

Noun

antonomasia (countable and uncountable, plural antonomasias)

  1. (rhetoric) The substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun.
  2. (rhetoric) Use of a proper name to suggest its most obvious quality or aspect.
    • Antonomasia proper names imparts
      From kindred, country, epithets, and arts.1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Antonomasia.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 70

Questions about antonomasias

What is antonomasias the plural of?
Antonomasias is the plural of antonomasia.

Words near antonomasias in the dictionary

  1. Antoniv
  2. Antonivka
  3. Antonivske
  4. Antonoff
  5. antonomasia
  6. antonomasias
  7. antonomasies
  8. antonomastic
  9. antonomastical
  10. antonomastically
  11. antonomasy

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