| 单词 | retronym |
| 释义 | retronym in British English (ˈrɛtrənɪm) noun a new word coined for an existing or older thing to distinguish it from something newer or more recent retronym in American English (ˈretrənɪm) noun a term, such as acoustic guitar, coined in modification of the original referent that was used alone, such as guitar, to distinguish it from a later contrastive development, such as electric guitar Word origin [1990–95, Amer.; retro- + -nym, as in homonym]This word is first recorded in the period 1990–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Plug and Play, copay, family leave, strip mall, uptalkretro- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin meaning “backward” (retrogress). On this model, retro- is used in the formation of compound words (retrorocket). Other words that use the affix retro- include: retrodirective, retrograde, retroreflective, retrospect, retrovirus |
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