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onomasticide

onomasticide noun: the deliberate changing of foreign surnames into local equivalents.

Noun

onomasticide (plural onomasticides)

  1. The deliberate changing of foreign surnames into local equivalents

Forms of onomasticide

pluralonomasticides

Questions about onomasticide

What does onomasticide mean?
Onomasticide means the deliberate changing of foreign surnames into local equivalents.
What part of speech is onomasticide?
Onomasticide is a noun.
What is the plural of onomasticide?
The plural of onomasticide is onomasticides.

Words near onomasticide in the dictionary

  1. onomastic
  2. onomastica
  3. onomastically
  4. onomastician
  5. onomasticians
  6. onomasticide
  7. onomasticides
  8. onomasticon
  9. onomasticons
  10. onomastics
  11. onomasts

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