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HOLONYMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does holonymy mean?
• HOLONYMY (noun)
The noun HOLONYMY has 1 sense:
1. the semantic relation that holds between a whole and its parts
Familiarity information: HOLONYMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The semantic relation that holds between a whole and its parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
holonymy; whole to part relation
Hypernyms ("holonymy" is a kind of...):
semantic relation (a relation between meanings)
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