Look up: Antonomasia


  1. Antonomasia
    In rhetoric, antonomasia is a substitution of any epithet or phrase for a proper name, such as "the little corporal" for Napoleon I. The reverse process is also sometimes called antonomasia. The word derives from the Greek verb ἀντονομάζειν (antonomázein), meaning "to name differently...
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  2. Antonomasia
    Antonomasia: 1. The substitution of a title for a proper name, as in addressing a physician as 'Doctor' or a nurse as 'Nurse.' 2. The substitution of a personal name for a noun to designate a member of a group or class, as in calling a geneticist a Mendelist (after Gregor Mendel, who discovered the ...
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=34031

  3. Antonomasia
    An`to·no·ma'si·a noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to name instead; ... + ... to name, ... name.] (Rhet.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/99

  4. antonomasia
    The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man i...
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  5. Antonomasia
    • (n.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when ...
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  6. antonomasia
    a figure of speech in which some defining word or phrase is substituted for a person`s proper name (for example, `the Bard of Avon` for William ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/85

  7. antonomasia
    antonomasia 1. The use of a title or formal description such as “Your Highness” or “His Excellency” in place of someone’s proper name. 2. The use of a proper name as a common noun to refer to someone or something with associated characteristics, e.g., in calling a handsome y...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1478/

  8. antonomasia
    using an epithet or a title in place of a proper name.
    Found op http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/terminology.cfm#acatalectic

  9. Antonomasia
    In rhetoric, antonomasia is the use of the name of some office, dignity, profession, science, or trade instead of the true name of the person, as when his majesty is used for a king, his lordship for a nobleman; or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a pro...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AA1.HTM

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