Comeronymy
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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