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cohyponym en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English hyponym English cohyponym From co- + hyponym.

Meanings

  1. Synonym of coordinate term.
    • Seventy-two subjects attempted to recall the object nouns of seven once-exposed sentences given as retrieval cues the subject noun of each sentence and four other words related to the subject noun. The related cues were a remote superordinate, a close superordinate, a remote cohyponym, and a close cohyponym of the subject noun. Four predictions about differences in effectiveness of these cues, derived from the Katz and Fodor and the Quillian theories of semantics, were confirmed. There was one case about which the theories made different predictions. Consistent with Quillian's theory, but contrary to the Katz and Fodor theory, significantly more words were recalled when the cue was a close rather than a remote superordinate. 1972 December 1, Richard C. Anderson, “Semantic organization and retrieval of information from sentences”, in Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, volume 11, number 6, →DOI, pages 794-800:

Forms

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co-hyponym alternative lexicographic
cohyponyms Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

cohyponymous · cohyponymy

Relateds

hyponym · hypernym · comeronym · autohyponym

Synonyms

coordinate term

wikidata: Q4118257