Onomasiology

noun

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Noun

1
A branch of lexicology concerned with the names of concepts. uncountable

Synonyms

lexicography lexicology onomastics onomastics onomatology onomatology

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀνομάζω (onomázō, “I name”) + -logy.

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