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ANTINOMASIA

English dictionary: Word overview

ANTINOMASIA (noun)
  The noun ANTINOMASIA has 1 sense:

1. substitution of a title for a name

  Familiarity information: ANTINOMASIA used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


ANTINOMASIA (noun)


Sense 1antinomasia [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Substitution of a title for a name

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("antinomasia" is a kind of...):

rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))


English Proverbs
"You can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink."
(English proverb)
"If they don't exchange a few words, father and son will never know one another."
(Bhutanese proverb)
"Choose your neighbours before you choose your home."
(Arabic proverb)
"Eat a big bite but don't say a big statement."
(Cypriot proverb)

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