• In rhetoric, antonomasia is a kind of metonymy in which an epithet or phrase takes the place of a proper name, such as "the little corporal" for Napoleon...
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  • "Discreet Telemachus" is also considered an epithet. The Greek term antonomasia, in rhetoric, means substituting any epithet or phrase for a proper name...
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    units Sports terms Surgical procedures Tests Trademarks or brand names Antonomasia Archetypal name Demonym Eponymous hairstyles Ethnonym Etymology Lists...
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    for leader, mainly including the English loanword. Duce survives as an antonomasia for Mussolini. Mussolini intended that the Grand Council of Fascism would...
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    "She drank the cup", to refer to her drinking of the cup's contents Antonomasia Bahuvrihi Category mistake Conceptual metaphor Hendiadys Holonymy Hyponymy...
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  • where such a nickname is referred to in French as "blason populaire". Antonomasia Athletic nickname Australian national sports team nicknames Calling name...
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    countries such as France and Germany, the name cinch is still used as an antonomasia of the Chicago-based manufacturer Cinch, for such a connector and socket...
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    referring to actions of the U.S. president as "actions of the White House". Antonomasia - A kind of metonymy in which an epithet or phrase takes the place of...
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  • Official name Notes A very stable genius Donald Trump Self-epithet, antonomasia. Trump repeatedly described himself as "a very stable genius" from 2018...
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  • Length 1. "(...)" Elijah Hooks Conductor Williams Moo Latte 2:36 2. "Antonomasia" (featuring Roc Marciano) SadhuGold 2:26 3. "Politickle" (featuring Drea...
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    the word. Look up metonymy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. -onym Antonomasia Deferred reference Eggcorn Eponym Enthymeme Euphemism by comparison Generic...
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    Muses" (with references to "antediluvian Troy"), and frequent use of antonomasia (Petrarch and Dido in "So Begins Our Alabee", "Cato as a Pun") Despite...
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  • to their products: for example, 宜家 (IKEA) is "proper home". Owing to antonomasia and genericization, these can then enter general Chinese usage: for example...
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    generics. Trademark erosion, or genericization, is a special case of antonomasia related to trademarks. It happens when a trademark becomes so common...
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    that it is obvious of what the true intention is: see verbal irony. Antonomasia: substitution of a proper name for a phrase or vice versa. Aphorism:...
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    typically designate an ice cream cone. cutips coton-tige cotton bud/swab Antonomasia from the brand Q-tips which phonetically becomes "cutips" when pronounced...
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    Byzantine Period it was known as Pege (Greek: Πηγή, meaning "Spring") per antonomasia, always because of the same source. The quarter is characterized by the...
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    habitable zone is also called the Goldilocks zone, a metaphor, allusion and antonomasia of the children's fairy tale of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", in...
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  • Antinomasy may refer to: Antonomasia, a substitution of any epithet or phrase for a proper name Antinomianism, a belief originating in Christian theology...
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  • Jackson "1000 Mile Stare" Nicholas Craven 1000 Mile Stare "Zambezi" 2022 Action Bronson Cocodrillo Turbo "Antonomasia" 2024 Mach-Hommy Richaxxhaitian...
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  • ὄνομα, ὀνόματος (ónoma, onómatos), ὀνομάζω, ὀνομαστικός (onomastikós) antonomasia, onomasiology, onomastic, onomasticon, onomastics, onomasty, onomatology...
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  • designation for an archetype of a certain personal trait. It is a form of antonomasia. Archetypal names are a literary device used to allude to certain traits...
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    or grammatical structures; the second stage of the dialectic process. Antonomasia – the substitution of an epithet for a proper name. Apophasis – pretending...
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    (also spelled "rebechino") eventually came to mean "cheap hotel" per antonomasia. The first plans to demolish the Rebecchino date back to the Napoleonic...
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  • about him because you don't know what to call him next." Horror aequi Antonomasia, the use of an epithet to name a person Kenning Pleonasm Purple prose...
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    we cannot properly imitate with language, such as "hiss" or "roar." Antonomasia or pronomination is the use of an epithet when addressing a person or...
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    dell'Esercito (First Corps of the Army).[citation needed] It is likely that antonomasia by which the Carabinieri will continue to be referred will remain the...
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  • suspected that kalām initially meant "speech about..." and then, through antonomasia, became "discourse" per se (about the things of God). W. Montgomery Watt...
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  • "barbapedana" dates back at least to the 17th century, "the Barbapedana" per antonomasia was Enrico Molaschi, active in the late 19th century. Many rhymes from...
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    a mark in pop culture and 1990s-2000s youth, establishing itself as antonomasia for 8-bit video gaming, to the point of being more popular than the original...
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