Cohyponymy

Quick meaning: Cohyponymy is a noun meaning (semantics, linguistics) The semantic relation between cohyponyms (coordinate terms); the quality of being cohyponymous (coordinate).

Meaning

(semantics, linguistics) The semantic relation between cohyponyms (coordinate terms); the quality of being cohyponymous (coordinate).

Example Sentences

A first step in this direction was taken by Heylen et al. (2008), who focused on a larger set of elementary relations, including synonymy, hypernymy and hyponymy, in addition to the composed relation of cohyponymy.

Hansen et al. (1982, 202) mention the following semantic relations that systematically obtain between the senses of polysemic words: (conceptual) hyponymy, hyperonymy and cohyponymy on the one hand, and (figurative) metonymy and meta­phor on the other.

Synonyms for cohyponymy

Depending on context, synonyms include coordinateness, coordination.

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