Overlexicalization

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The creation and use of many words or lexical items for a single entity or concept. uncountable

    "Near-synonym: polyonymy"

Synonyms

All synonyms
hypersynonymypolyonymy

Etymology

From over- + lexicalization.

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