Meaning of caconymy | Babel Free

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The use of a caconym.

no-plural

Examples

“...the relative advantages of any pair of characters may be discussed irrespective of my personal belief that names such as are described in the first column are, as a rule, euonyms, while caconymy summarizes the attributes enumerated in the second.”

“"Old sow" in (15) is not derogative, it is a caconymy and indicates close relationship to which Jimmie reacts by saying not only how his mother is but also mentions other members of his family (16).”

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