mononym
noun
the name of a person who has or is known by only one name, usually a given name without a surname.
mononymic
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a word derived from
mononym.
Example Sentences
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Last fall the internet witnessed a rare phenomenon: the meteoric, meme-ified rise of a brand-new star, catapulted into mononymic ubiquity thanks to a single 2½-minute movie trailer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
Whatever the debate around Demna, the mononymic creative director of Balenciaga — is he a genius, a charlatan, the most influential designer of his generation? — there’s no denying he has impeccable timing.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2022
The singer, who goes by the mononymic Michela, will be the 11th act in Thursday's second semi-final.
From BBC ● May 12, 2019
Benedict Wong—confusingly cast as Strange’s mononymic pal Wong—manages to be funnier as a quiet straight man than many actors would be while delivering streams of jokes.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2016
In June, 1972, Young was performing in Washington, D.C.’s Lafayette Square, just across from the White House, with the electronic-music innovators Joe Gallivan and the mononymic Nicholas in the trio Love Cry Want. Reportedly,
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 8, 2016
