Alethonym
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈli.θəˌnɪm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Alethonym is a noun meaning (very rare) The true name of a person.
Meaning
(very rare) The true name of a person.
Example Sentences
“Samuel Langhorne Clemens” is the alethonym of “Mark Twain”.
The holster has been named in secret, and it’s^([sic]) moniker, Arcanum, is what remains of its alethonym.
Indeed, Matalusa Kingdom takes its name from the “chosen leader of the tribe-less” (0:56:30), Matalusa, who receives, in turn, the homophonic alias (or possibly alethonym) Martyr Loser King.
Or we can contemplate such literary power inductively by asking […] whether poetic names might not be alethonyms for ourselves and our homes, our lovers and our gods as the subjects of the predicates otherwise only floating through the pages of discourse.
Word Forms
- alethonyms
Synonyms for alethonym
Depending on context, synonyms include orthonym.
Antonyms for alethonym
Common opposites include pseudonym.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include autonym, orthonym, allonym, mononym, anonym, alias.
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