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antonomasia

/.æntәnәu'meiziә/

📖 中文释义

  1. n. 换称
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. n. The use of some epithet or the name of some office,
  2. dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when
  3. his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say,
  4. the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an
  5. appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent
  6. orator a Cicero.