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‖ antonomasia|ˌæntənəʊˈmeɪzɪə, ænˌtɒnəʊ|
[L., a. Gr. ἀντονοµασία, f. ἀντονοµάζειν to name instead, f. ἀντί instead + ὀνοµάζειν to name, f. ὄνοµα name.]
The substitution of an epithet or appellative, or the name of an office or dignity, for a person's proper name, as the Iron Duke for Wellington, his Grace for an archbishop. Also, conversely, the use of a proper name to express a general idea, as in calling an orator a Cicero, a wise judge a Daniel.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 192 Antonomasia, or the Surnamer, as he that would say: not king Philip of Spaine, but the Westerne king. a1638Mede Wks. ii. 332 That Capitolium by Antonomasia is put for a Gentile Temple in general. 1751Chambers Cycl., Antonomasia, a figure in rhetoric..Thus we say, the philosopher, instead of Aristotle. 1759Adam Smith Mor. Sent. (1797) II. 407 This way of speaking, which the grammarians call an antonomasia. |