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EPONYMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eponymy mean?
• EPONYMY (noun)
The noun EPONYMY has 1 sense:
1. the derivation of a general name from that of a famous person
Familiarity information: EPONYMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The derivation of a general name from that of a famous person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("eponymy" is a kind of...):
derivation ((descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation)
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