Orthonym

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The real name of a person who uses a pseudonym.

    "“Samuel Langhorne Clemens” is the orthonym of “Mark Twain”."

  2. 2
    The correct word for a concept in a specified language.

    "This technique is illustrated by Example Two (Figure 6) where the non-native speaker (NNS) is searching for the orthonym, proposes a German word which is then translated by one of the native speakers (NS) of French."

Synonyms

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alethonymautonym

Example

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"“Samuel Langhorne Clemens” is the orthonym of “Mark Twain”."

Etymology

From ortho- + -onym.

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