antonomasia
Meaning of antonomasia
noun
- the substitution of an epithet or title for a proper name (e.g. the Maid of Orleans for Joan of Arc).
- the use of a proper name to express a general idea (e.g. a Scrooge for a miser).
mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek, from antonomazein ‘name instead’, from anti- ‘against, instead’ + onoma ‘a name’.
Information about antonomasia
- It is a name.
- The plural form of antonomasia is: antonomasias.
- Languages in which antonomasia is used:
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GalicianHyphenation of antonomasia
antono-ma-sia
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- antonomasia is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Words that rhyme with antonomasia
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