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EPONYMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eponymy mean? 

EPONYMY (noun)
  The noun EPONYMY has 1 sense:

1. the derivation of a general name from that of a famous personplay

  Familiarity information: EPONYMY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EPONYMY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The derivation of a general name from that of a famous person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("eponymy" is a kind of...):

derivation ((descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation)


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