polyonymy
nounEtymology 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
- polyonymous
noun
Etymology From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”) and ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).
Usually The use of many names for the same thing or person.
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