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onomasiology

[on-uh-mey-see-ol-uh-jee, -mey-zee-]

noun

  1. the study of the means of expressing a given concept.

onomasiology

/ ˌɒəʊˌɪɪˈɒəɪ /

noun

  1. another name for onomastics

  2. the branch of semantics concerned with the meanings of and meaning relations between individual words

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • onomasiologic adjective
  • onomasiological adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of onomasiology1

1930–35; < German Onomasiologie, equivalent to Greek ôԴdzí ( a ) name, expression (derivative of ónoma, ónyma name) + -o- -o- + -logie -logy

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