Definition of Autonomasia

1. Noun. (rhetoric) The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing, as in "he has gone to town" for "he has gone to London". ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Autonomasia

automorphy
automotive
automotive engineer
automotive engineering
automotive technology
automotive vehicle
automount
automounted
automounter
automounters
automounting
automounts
automous
automysophobia
auton
autonomasia (current term)
autonomasy
autonomation
autonomations
autonomic
autonomic agents
autonomic denervation
autonomic disorder
autonomic epilepsy
autonomic ganglia
autonomic ganglion
autonomic hyperreflexia
autonomic imbalance
autonomic motor neuron
autonomic motor neurons

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