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psychoonomastics

/ˌsaɪkəʊˌɒnəˈmæstɪks/

psychoonomastics noun: the branch of onomastics studying names from a psycholinguistic point of view.

Noun

psychoonomastics pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The branch of onomastics studying names from a psycholinguistic point of view

Origin of psychoonomastics

From psycho- + onomastics.

Questions about psychoonomastics

What does psychoonomastics mean?
Psychoonomastics means the branch of onomastics studying names from a psycholinguistic point of view.
What part of speech is psychoonomastics?
Psychoonomastics is a noun.
How do you pronounce psychoonomastics?
Psychoonomastics is pronounced /ˌsaɪkəʊˌɒnəˈmæstɪks/.

Words near psychoonomastics in the dictionary

  1. psychonomy
  2. psychonosology
  3. psychons
  4. psychooncological
  5. psychooncology
  6. psychoonomastics
  7. psychopaedic
  8. psychopannychism
  9. psychopannychist
  10. psychopannychistic
  11. psychopannychists

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