antonomasia.
/an-tuh-nuh-mey-zhuh/US // ˌæn tə nəˈmeɪ ʒə //UK // (ˌæntənəˈmeɪzɪə) //
代名词,代称,代词,代名词解释
Definitions
n.noun · 名词
- 1.
- ›Rhetoric. the identification of a person by an epithet or appellative that is not the person's name, as his lordship.
- ›the use of the name of a person who was distinguished by a particular characteristic, as Don Juan or Annie Oakley, to designate a person or group of persons having the same characteristic.
Examples
Antonomasia is, whych for ye proper name putteth some other word: As: the Archebyshop confuted the errour, for Cranmer.
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