Dictionary

antonomasia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌæntənəʊˈmeɪzɪə/ (UK)
• /ˌæntənəˈmeɪʒə/ (US)
• /ænˌtɒnəʊˈmeɪzɪə/ (UK)
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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antonomasia, Ancient Greek ἀντονομασία (antonomasía, “antonomasia”).

Meanings

1. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun.
2. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) Use of a proper name to suggest its most obvious quality or aspect.
   • Antonomasia proper names imparts From kindred, country, epithets, and arts. 1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Antonomasia.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 70:

Forms

Coordinates

eponym

Synonyms

autonomasia · autonomasy

Translations (9)

cmn 代稱 /代称 (substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun) · pt antonomásia (substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun) · sh antonomazija (substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun) · es antonomasia (substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun) · fi antonomasia (substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun) · ca antonomàsia (substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun) · fr antonomase (substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun) · sv antonomasi (substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun) · pl antonomazja (substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun)