polynymy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Alternative form of polyonymy.

   • Synchronically, we are dealing here with the simultaneous multilingual interplay of polynymy (involving several similar forms) and polysemy (involving several connected meanings).
   • Curiously, in the course of speculating on the details of the connection, Kidd associates the 'quam multa?' group with ambiguity, yet seems to identify them with cases of polynymy.
   • The polynymy of the Stoic god was not an isolated phenomenon.
2. 2

   The use of names that are polynyms.

   • Thus, in the sphere of form the correlation mononymy-polynymy applies to the structural unity of the word being not extended to the whole.
   • On the basis of the evidence that has been presented thus far, we can observe that the polynymy found amongst the Hephthalites is typical of other nomadic...

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