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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

/ ˌɒnəʊˌmeɪsɪˈɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. another name for onomastics
  2. the branch of semantics concerned with the meanings of and meaning relations between individual words
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • on·o·ma·si·o·log·ic [on-, uh, -mey-see-, uh, -, loj, -ik, -mey-zee-], ono·masi·o·logi·cal adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of onomasiology1

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

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