Definition of Polyonymy

1. Noun. The use of many names for the same thing or person. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polyonymy

1. [n -MIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyonymy

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polyomavirus macacae
polyomaviruses
polyomino
polyominoes
polyommatous
polyonchosis
polyoncosis
polyonomous
polyonomy
polyonychia
polyonym
polyonymies
polyonymous
polyonyms
polyonymy (current term)
polyopia
polyopias
polyopsia
polyoptrum
polyorama
polyoramas
polyorchid
polyornithine
polyose
polyostotic
polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
polyotia
polyovular

Literary usage of Polyonymy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mythology of the Aryan Nations by George William Cox (1887)
"In each case there would be polyonymy, the employment of many names to denote the same thing. In each case, their words would express truthfully the 2 In ..."

2. The Mythology of the Aryan Nations by George William Cox (1870)
"In each case there would be polyonymy, the employment of many names to denote the same thing. In each case, their words would express truthfully the ..."

3. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1881)
"If polyonymy and Homonymy cannot be shown, by a large selection of examples, ... We are by no means denying the existence of the processes of polyonymy, ..."

4. Fraser's Magazine by Robert Louis Stevenson (1881)
"If polyonymy and Homonymy cannot be shown, by a large selection of examples, ... We are by no means denying the existence of the processes of polyonymy, ..."

5. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1881)
"If polyonymy and Homonymy cannot be shown, by a large selection of examples, ... We are by no means denying the existence of the processes of polyonymy, ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Again, no proof is given *f the existence of the processes called homonymy and polyonymy. Mr Müller, ty way of proof, quotes the Vedas,—artificial poems ..."

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