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synonymia

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin synōnymiā, from Ancient Greek συνωνυμία (sunōnumía).

Noun

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Examples

He's off the twig! He's kicked the bucket, he's shuffled off his mortal coil, rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible! This is an ex-parrot!
Monty Python, Dead Parrot sketch

synonymia (plural synonymiae)

  1. (rhetoric) The use of two or more synonyms together to amplify or explain a given subject or term. A kind of repetition that adds force.
    • 2007, Sylvia Adamson, "Synonymia, or in other words", in Anderson, et al., Renaissance figures of speech, page 29
      At its simplest (sometimes called synonymia simplex), it takes the form of synonymous words arranged in doublets, [] .

Synonyms

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Hyponyms

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Internationalism (see English synonymy), ultimately from Latin synonymia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsynonymiɑ/, [ˈs̠yno̞ˌnymiɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ymiɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): sy‧no‧ny‧mia

Noun

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synonymia

  1. synonymy (quality of being synonymous)

Declension

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Inflection of synonymia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative synonymia synonymiat
genitive synonymian synonymioiden
synonymioitten
partitive synonymiaa synonymioita
illative synonymiaan synonymioihin
singular plural
nominative synonymia synonymiat
accusative nom. synonymia synonymiat
gen. synonymian
genitive synonymian synonymioiden
synonymioitten
synonymiain rare
partitive synonymiaa synonymioita
inessive synonymiassa synonymioissa
elative synonymiasta synonymioista
illative synonymiaan synonymioihin
adessive synonymialla synonymioilla
ablative synonymialta synonymioilta
allative synonymialle synonymioille
essive synonymiana synonymioina
translative synonymiaksi synonymioiksi
abessive synonymiatta synonymioitta
instructive synonymioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of synonymia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

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