HYPONYMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyponymy mean? 

• HYPONYMY (noun)
  The noun HYPONYMY has 1 sense:

1. the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPONYMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

hyponymy; subordination

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

semantic relation (a relation between meanings)