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Main Entry:  onomasiology
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  the study of names or naming; also, a branch of semantics concerned with related words and their meanings
Etymology:  Greek onoma 'name'

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on·o·ma·si·ol·o·gy    Audio Help   [on-uh-mey-see-ol-uh-jee, -mey-zee-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
the study of the means of expressing a given concept.

[Origin: 1930–35; < G Onomasiologie, equiv. to Gk ônomasí(a) name, expression (deriv. of ónoma, ónyma name) + -o- -o- + -logie -logy]

on·o·ma·si·o·log·ic    Audio Help   [on-uh-mey-see-uh-loj-ik, -mey-zee-] Pronunciation Key, on·o·ma·si·o·log·i·cal, adjective
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