Onomastics
//ˌɒ.nəʊˈmæs.tɪks//
"Onomastics" in a Sentence (2 examples)
Her father had long been a student of onomastics, and loved to unpack the names of people they encountered as children.
From the point of view of onomastics, proper names fulfill many functions (individualizing, localizing, differentiating etc.).
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