onomastics
Americannoun
noun
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(functioning as singular) the study of proper names, esp of their origins
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(functioning as singular or plural) a systematization of the facts about how proper names are formed in a given language
Other Word Forms
- onomastician noun
Etymology
Origin of onomastics
Example Sentences
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In case you are wondering, this fact and others make up part of an entire field called “onomastics.”
From New York Times
I studied a branch of linguistics called onomastics, which involves the history and origin of proper names.
From New York Times
Parents following larger cultural trends when looking for baby names is nothing new, says Cleveland Evans, a former president of the American Name Society, an group that promotes onomastics, the academic study of proper names.
From Time
But sociologists and experts in onomastics, the study of names, said the diminishment of nicknames is not exclusive to famous athletes.
From New York Times
We are as yet so imperfectly acquainted with the onomastics of the nations surrounding the Semites that it is hazardous to attempt to locate these people.
From Project Gutenberg
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