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polyonymy|pɒlɪˈɒnɪmɪ|
Also 9 erron. -onomy.
[ad. Gr. πολυωνυµία a multitude of names, f. πολυώνυµ-ος: see prec. and -y.]
1. The use of several different names for the same person or thing; variety of names or titles (esp. in ancient mythology).
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. Pref., The Many Pagan, Poetical and Political Gods,..prove them Really to have been, but the Polyonymy of one God. 1803G. S. Faber Cabiri I. 177 Remarks on the polyonymy of the solar Noah. 1895Q. Rev. Jan. 227 The Normans..had..a system of polyonomy which led to much confusion.
2. The use of a designation consisting of several names; the use of scientific names consisting of more than two terms or words, to denote species, varieties, etc., of animals or plants; polynomial nomenclature. |