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单词 antonomasia
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
an•to•no•ma•sia  (an′tə nə māzhə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Rhetoricthe identification of a person by an epithet or appellative that is not the person's name, as his lordship.
  2. the use of the name of a person who was distinguished by a particular characteristic, as Don Juan or Annie Oakley, to designate a person or group of persons having the same characteristic.
  • Greek, verbid of antonomázein to call by a new name, equivalent. to ant- ant- + onomat- stem of ónoma name + -ia -ia
  • Latin
  • 1580–90;
an•to•no•mas•tic  (an′tə nō mastik),USA pronunciation an′to•no•masti•cal, adj.  an′to•no•masti•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
antonomasia /ˌæntənəˈmeɪzɪə/ n
  1. the substitution of a title or epithet for a proper name, such as his highness
  2. the use of a proper name for an idea: he is a Daniel come to judgment
Etymology: 16th Century: via Latin from Greek, from antonomazein to name differently, from onoma name
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