nonsynonymy en · NOUN
Etymology
From non- + synonymy.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of not being synonymous.
The nonsynonymy of "A woman strikes a man" and "A woman is struck by a man" is readily aligned with the nonysynonymy of "to strike" and "to be struck"
1966 April, "Paul Ziff", "The Nonsynonymy of Active and Passive Sentences", The Philosophical Review, page 230
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nonsynonymity | alternative | lexicographic |