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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.


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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))


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