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ANTONOMASIA
ANTONOMASIA [Stress: ‘an-to-no-MAY-zy-a’].
1. In RHETORIC, the use of an EPITHET to acknowledge a quality in one person or place by using the name of another person or place already known for that quality: Henry is the local Casanova; Cambridge is England's Silicon Valley. 2. The use of an epithet instead of the name of a person or thing: the Swan of Avon William Shakespeare. |
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TOM McARTHUR. "ANTONOMASIA." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. TOM McARTHUR. "ANTONOMASIA." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-ANTONOMASIA.html TOM McARTHUR. "ANTONOMASIA." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-ANTONOMASIA.html |
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antonomasia
an·to·no·ma·sia / anˌtänəˈmāzh(ē)ə/ • n. Rhetoric the substitution of an epithet or title for a proper name (e.g., the Bard for Shakespeare). ∎ the use of a proper name to express a general idea (e.g., a Scrooge for a miser). |
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"antonomasia." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "antonomasia." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-antonomasia.html "antonomasia." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-antonomasia.html |
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