antonomasia
/.æntәnәu'meiziә/
📖 中文释义
- n. 换称
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- n. The use of some epithet or the name of some office,
- dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when
- his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say,
- the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an
- appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent
- orator a Cicero.