ANTINOMASIA

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 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)

Sense 1

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))