Hyponymy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The semantic relation between hyponyms; the quality of being hyponymous. countable, uncountable

    "By isolating these two main types of relation, hyponymy and incompatibility, we can characterize the relations between a large web of items."

  2. 2
    the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class wordnet

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subordination

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"Hyponymy, antinomy and synonymy are all lexical terms."

Etymology

From hypo- + -nymy or hyponym + -y.

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semantic relation

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