antonomasia
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
antonomasia
- (rhetoric) The substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun.
- [1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, OCLC 1062248511 ↗, page 70 ↗:
- Antonomasia proper names imparts
From kindred, country, epithets, and arts.]
- (rhetoric) Use of a proper name to suggest its most obvious quality or aspect.
- autonomasia
- French: antonomase
- Portuguese: antonomásia
- Spanish: antonomasia
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