onomasiology

American

[on-uh-mey-see-ol-uh-jee, -mey-zee-] / ˌɒn əˌmeɪ siˈɒl ə dʒi, -ˌmeɪ zi- /

noun

the study of the means of expressing a given concept.

onomasiology British

/ ˌɒnəʊˌmeɪsɪˈɒlədʒɪ /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

onomasiologic adjective
onomasiological adjective

Etymology

Origin of onomasiology

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

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