🔤 Antonomastic ✨

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URDU

خاص نام کے بجائے صفت یا لقب استعمال کرنے سے متعلق، انتونومازیا سے متعلق
🅰️ Roman Urdu:
khas naam ke bajaye sifat ya laqab istemal karne se mutaliq, antonomasia se mutaliq
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ENGLISH

📚adjective
antonomastic
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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: /ˌæntənəˈmæstɪk/
Phonetic: /an tuh nuh mas tick/
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DEFINITION

relating to antonomasia, the rhetorical substitution of an epithet or descriptive title for a proper name
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

The critic identified an antonomastic phrase replacing the historical leader’s name. An antonomastic expression calls a famous detective simply the great investigator. Students examined antonomastic references in speeches, poems, and political commentary. The author used antonomastic language to emphasize the ruler’s defining quality. This antonomastic construction substitutes a descriptive title for someone’s name.
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SYNONYMS

appellative descriptive epithet based
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