Hypersynonymy

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The existence of a very large number of synonyms for a single concept. uncountable

    "Near-synonym: polyonymy"

Synonyms

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overlexicalizationpolyonymy

Etymology

From hyper- + synonymy.

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