holonym

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Noun

holonym (plural holonyms)

1. (semantics) A term that denotes a whole, a part of which is denoted by a second term.

   The word "face" is a holonym of the word "eye".

Antonyms

• (term that denotes a whole) meronym

Translations

• French: holonyme
• German: Holonym, Gesamtbegriff, Verbandsbegriff
• Spanish: holónimo

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