Look up: antonomasia

1. 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 ...
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2. 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 ...
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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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 ...
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6. 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 young man “an adonis”.
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7. antonomasia
   using an epithet or a title in place of a proper name.
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8. 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...
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9. 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 ἀντονομάζειν--> (antonomá...
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