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释义 | pronominationn.1 Chiefly Rhetoric (rare after 17th cent.). = antonomasia n.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > calling by name > use of epithet (etc.) for proper name antonomasia1555 antonomasy1607 pronomination1611 1550 R. Sherry Treat. Schemes & Tropes sig. Cviv Antonomasia, is, whych for ye proper name putteth some other word. [margin] Pronominacio.] 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Antonomasie, a pronomination. 1629 J. Mabbe tr. C. de Fonseca Deuout Contempl. 134 Called..by an Antonomasia, or pronomination, ‘The Ships of Tharshish’. 1634 J. Barton Art of Rhetorick iii. 16 Pronominations are proper names that are borrowed, as John Baptist hath the name of Elias for the likenesse of their gifts, being such an one as Elias was. 1985 October Spring 123 It is precisely this name which is lacking in the film, but which is revealed by pronomination, that is, the designation of a thing by means of its attributes, qualities, and actions rather than by its proper name. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pronominationn.2 Chiefly Grammar. rare. Indication of or reference to something by means of a pronoun. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > pronoun > [noun] > use of pronominalization1857 pronomination1899 pronounization1899 1899 Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 3 448/2 Has any rule been laid down by grammarians..for the pronomination or pronounization of this word [sc. church]? 1987 Novel 21 78 The implicit ontology of grammars and linguistics, according to which pronomination is based on nomination in so far as it presupposes the existence of beings nameable individually and by categories. 1990 Representations No. 32. 95 The very denomination or pronomination of an Us (and ‘I’) by which to make statements about Us and Them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11611n.21899 |
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