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onomasiology

onomasiology noun: a branch of lexicology concerned with the names of concepts.

Noun

onomasiology (uncountable)

  1. A branch of lexicology concerned with the names of concepts.
    • Onomasiology, whether or not one inclines to grant it the status of a self-sufficient discipline claimed for it by some Central European supporters, closed another series of gaps by inducing workers to assemble regionally, socially, stylistically, or chronologically differentiated words of...1954, Yakov Malkiel, “Etymology and the Structure of Word Families”, in Word, volume 10, numbers 2-3, →DOI, →ISSN, page 265

Synonyms of onomasiology

Origin of onomasiology

From Ancient Greek ὀνομάζω (onomázō, “I name”) + English -logy.

Words formed from onomasiology

Questions about onomasiology

What does onomasiology mean?
Onomasiology means a branch of lexicology concerned with the names of concepts.
What part of speech is onomasiology?
Onomasiology is a noun.

Words near onomasiology in the dictionary

  1. onomasiologic
  2. onomasiological
  3. onomasiologically
  4. onomasiologist
  5. onomasiologists
  6. onomasiology
  7. onomast
  8. onomastic
  9. onomastica
  10. onomastically
  11. onomastician

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