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synonymia

noun

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin synōnymia, from Ancient Greek συνωνυμία (sunōnumía). Doublet of synonymy.

  1. derived from συνωνυμία
  2. learned borrowing from synōnymia

Definitions

  1. The use of two or more synonyms together to amplify or explain a given subject or term. A…

    The use of two or more synonyms together to amplify or explain a given subject or term. A kind of repetition that adds force.

    • At its simplest (sometimes called synonymia simplex), it takes the form of synonymous words arranged in doublets, […] .

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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