onomasiology

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

noun

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

onomasiology

/ ˌɒnəʊˌmeɪsɪˈɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. See onomastics
   another name for onomastics
2. the branch of semantics concerned with the meanings of and meaning relations between individual words

Other Words From

• on·o·ma·si·o·log·ic [on-, uh, -mey-see-, uh, -, loj, -ik, -mey-zee-], ono·masi·o·logi·cal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of onomasiology¹

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