onomasiology

[ on-uh-mey-see-ol-uh-jee, -mey-zee- ]

noun
  1. the study of the means of expressing a given concept.

Origin of onomasiology

1
1930–35; <German Onomasiologie, equivalent to Greek ônomasí(a) name, expression (derivative of ónoma, ónyma name) + -o--o- + -logie-logy

Other words from onomasiology

  • on·o·ma·si·o·log·ic [on-uh-mey-see-uh-loj-ik, -mey-zee-], /ˌɒn əˌmeɪ si əˈlɒdʒ ɪk, -ˌmeɪ zi-/, on·o·ma·si·o·log·i·cal, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for onomasiology

onomasiology

/ (ˌɒnəʊˌmeɪsɪˈɒlədʒɪ) /


noun
  1. another name for onomastics (def. 1)

  2. the branch of semantics concerned with the meanings of and meaning relations between individual words

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