Definition of Antinomasia

1. Noun. Substitution of a title for a name.

Generic synonyms: Rhetorical Device

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antinomasia

antings
antiniad
antinial
antinicotine
antinicotinic
antinicotinics
antinion
antinobilism
antinociception
antinociceptive
antinociceptives
antinodal
antinode
antinodes
antinoise
antinomasia (current term)
antinome
antinomes
antinomian
antinomianism
antinomianisms
antinomians
antinomic
antinomical
antinomically
antinomies
antinomist
antinomists
antinomy
antinovel

Literary usage of Antinomasia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Studi letterari e bizzarrie satiriche by Vittorio Imbriani, Benedetto Croce (1907)
"... detto cosi per antinomasia da un celebre custode di tal nome elio era nel secolo XVII ali' ospedale degli Incurabili di Napoli [Ed.]. ..."

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