The meaning of ANTONOMASIA is the use of a proper name to designate a member of a class (such as a Solomon for a wise ruler); also : the use of an epithet ...

Antonomasia is a kind of metonymy in which an epithet or phrase takes the place of a proper name, such as "the little corporal" for Napoleon I.

1. the substitution of a title or epithet for a proper name, such as his highness 2. the use of a proper name for an idea he is a Daniel come to judgment.

Antonomasia, a figure of speech in which some defining word or phrase is substituted for a person's proper name (for example, “the Bard of Avon” for William ...

Antonomasia (pronounced an-tuh-nuh–mey-zhuh) is a literary term in which a descriptive phrase replaces a person's name. Antonomasia can range from lighthearted ...

La historia clínica es, por antonomasia, un documento médico. A clinical record is a medical document par excellence.

“Otello” è per antonomasia la tragedia della gelosia. “Othello” is the tragedy about jealousy par excellence.

antonomasia · the substitution of a title or epithet for a proper name, such as his highness · the use of a proper name for an idea: he is a Daniel come to ...

5 нояб. 2021 г. · Antonomasia, a figure of speech in which some defining word or phrase is substituted for a person's proper name (for example, “the Bard of Avon” ...

noun · the substitution of a title or epithet for a proper name, such as his highness · the use of a proper name for an idea. he is a Daniel come to judgment.