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polyonomy

polyonomy is the alternative form of polyonymy.

Meaning of polyonymy

Noun

polyonymy (usually uncountable, plural polyonymies)

  1. (usually) The use of many names for the same thing or person.
    • Near-synonyms: hypersynonymy, overlexicalization

Questions about polyonomy

What is polyonomy the alternative form of?
Polyonomy is the alternative form of polyonymy.

Words near polyonomy in the dictionary

  1. polyominoes
  2. polyominos
  3. polyommatous
  4. polyoncosis
  5. polyonomous
  6. polyonomy
  7. polyonychia
  8. polyonym
  9. polyonymic
  10. polyonymies
  11. polyonymosity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: polyonomy (page history and authors); polyonymy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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