Comeronymy

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The semantic relation between comeronyms (names for parts of a whole); the quality of being comeronymous. uncountable

    "If Hansen et al. (1982, 203–204) are correct in including the sense of exclusion, i.e. cohyponymy, among the word‑internal semantic relations[…], then the question arises whether the other form of the exclusion relationship, comeronymy, could not be found among polysemes as well."

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"If Hansen et al. (1982, 203–204) are correct in including the sense of exclusion, i.e. cohyponymy, among the word‑internal semantic relations[…], then the question arises whether the other form of the exclusion relationship, comeronymy, could not be found among polysemes as well."

Etymology

From co- + meronymy or comeronym + -y.

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