nonsynonymy
nonsynonymy noun: the quality of not being synonymous.
Noun
nonsynonymy (uncountable)
- The quality of not being synonymous.
- The nonsynonymy of "A woman strikes a man" and "A woman is struck by a man" is readily aligned with the nonysynonymy of "to strike" and "to be struck"1966 April, "Paul Ziff", "The Nonsynonymy of Active and Passive Sentences", The Philosophical Review, page 230
- Antonyms:
- synonymy
Antonyms of nonsynonymy
Forms of nonsynonymy
| alternative form | nonsynonymity |
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Origin of nonsynonymy
From non- + synonymy.
Questions about nonsynonymy
- What does nonsynonymy mean?
- Nonsynonymy means the quality of not being synonymous.
- What part of speech is nonsynonymy?
- Nonsynonymy is a noun.
Words near nonsynonymy in the dictionary
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