polyonymy

noun

polyonymy

noun

Etymology From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”) and ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

1

Usually The use of many names for the same thing or person.

  • Near-synonyms: hypersynonymy, overlexicalization
Related terms
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