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hyponymy

[ hahy-pon-uh-mee ]

noun

, Linguistics.
  1. the state or quality of being a hyponym, a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class:

    A relationship of hyponymy exists between “dog” and “animal.”



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Word History and Origins

Origin of hyponymy1

1950–55; hyp- + -onymy ( -onym, -y 3 ), on the model of homonymy, synonymy

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