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Definition of Synonymy
1. Noun. The semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning.
Generic synonyms: Semantic Relation
Derivative terms: Synonymous, Synonymous, Synonymist
Definition of Synonymy
1. n. The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
Definition of Synonymy
1. Noun. (semantics) The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning. ¹
2. Noun. A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted. ¹
3. Noun. The study of synonyms. ¹
4. Noun. A system of synonyms. ¹
5. Noun. (botany) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to a particular taxon, except the correct name) ¹
6. Noun. (botany) The state of not being a correct name, of being a synonym ¹
7. Noun. (zoology) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to the same taxon, including the correct name) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Synonymy
1. equivalence of meaning [n -MIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Synonymy
Literary usage of Synonymy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1865)
"I avail myself of this opportunity to publish those additions and correction} in
the synonymy of the first three parts, which the kind assistance of my ..."
2. History of the Inductive Sciences, from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1894)
"Geological synonymy, -jr Determination of Geological Equivalents. ... But in
reality, the synonymy of geology is a still more important part of the subject ..."
3. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1857)
"Geological synonymy, or Determination of Geological Equivalents. IT will easily
be supposed that with so many different sources of names as we have ..."
4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1872)
"The following corrections and additions to his synonymy occurred to me. They chiefly
arise from the almost universal habit of French zoologists to ignore ..."
5. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1909)
"While the following synonymy has been largely intimated by Baron Osten Sacken,
and Dr. Williston, authors have failed to realize its significance. ..."
6. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"Podiceps; reduced to synonymy and replaced by a new name. (If my view of the case
of Podiceps, antea, p. 290, be accepted, the name is in any case untenable ..."
7. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1865)
"I avail myself of this opportunity to publish those additions and correction} in
the synonymy of the first three parts, which the kind assistance of my ..."
8. History of the Inductive Sciences, from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1894)
"Geological synonymy, -jr Determination of Geological Equivalents. ... But in
reality, the synonymy of geology is a still more important part of the subject ..."
9. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1857)
"Geological synonymy, or Determination of Geological Equivalents. IT will easily
be supposed that with so many different sources of names as we have ..."
10. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1872)
"The following corrections and additions to his synonymy occurred to me. They chiefly
arise from the almost universal habit of French zoologists to ignore ..."
11. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1909)
"While the following synonymy has been largely intimated by Baron Osten Sacken,
and Dr. Williston, authors have failed to realize its significance. ..."
12. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"Podiceps; reduced to synonymy and replaced by a new name. (If my view of the case
of Podiceps, antea, p. 290, be accepted, the name is in any case untenable ..."
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