ANTINOMASIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does antinomasia mean? • 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.
Dictionary entry details
• ANTINOMASIA (noun)
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))
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