Aptonymy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Aptonymy is a noun meaning The state of being an aptonym.
Meaning
The state of being an aptonym.
More Meanings
- The study of aptonyms.
Example Sentences
The aptonym has become nowadays the study object of the science called aptonymy.
Now, I don't know whether this is an example of nominative determinism – a phrase coined by the New Scientist to describe the phenomenon of one's name determining one's career – or aptonymy, the more coincidental occurrence of one's name being particularly fitting for one's personality, but I came across several such examples in the birding world.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include deonym, anthroponomastics, antonomasia, paronymy, eponymism, neonymy.
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