Synonymia

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The use of two or more synonyms together to amplify or explain a given subject or term. A kind of repetition that adds force. countable, rhetoric, uncountable

    "At its simplest (sometimes called synonymia simplex), it takes the form of synonymous words arranged in doublets, […] ."

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"At its simplest (sometimes called synonymia simplex), it takes the form of synonymous words arranged in doublets, […] ."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin synōnymia, from Ancient Greek συνωνυμία (sunōnumía). Doublet of synonymy.

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