Look up: antonomasia

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   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 principles of inheritance). The word antonomasia i ...
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   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 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 ...
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   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 is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero. ...
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   Antonomasia
   In rhetoric, `antonomasia` is the substitution of any epithet or phrase with a proper name; the reverse process is also sometimes called antonomasia. The word derives from the Greek word `antonomazein` meaning `to name differently`. A frequent instance of antonomasia in the Late Middle Ages and early Renaissance was the use of the term, `the Philosopher,` to refer to Aristotle. A more recent example of the other form of antonomasia was the use o...
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   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 a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orat...
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   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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   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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   antonomasia
   using an epithet or a title in place of a proper name.
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