meronymy

noun
/mɪˈrɒ.nɪ.mɪ/UK

Etymology

From mero- + -onymy (from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”)); compare meronym.

  1. derived from μέρος

Definitions

  1. The relationship of being a constituent part or member of something

    The relationship of being a constituent part or member of something; a system of meronyms.

    • But whereas hyponymy is a member–class relation, reflecting a taxonomy or conceptual hierarchy, meronymy is a part–whole relation, reflecting the existence of complex structures in concrete reality.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for meronymy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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