Euonymy

Quick meaning: Euonymy is a noun meaning The creation or use of self-descriptive names.

Meaning

The creation or use of self-descriptive names.

Example Sentences

Daniels's coinage 'abjad' won't glister in the annals of euonymy, but I must use it here for clarity's sake.

He adopts for his names Greek words that either confirm the character (euonymy) or undercut him or her ironically (dysonymy), and sometimes lead to, or depend on, wordplay in the text.

Surrounded by names like those, it was little wonder that he'd found himself suited to a career in euonymy. If only there had turned out to be more naming and less strenuous diplomacy involved in the job, it would have been perfect.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include onymity, nonymity, nominality, unnamedness, namedness, selfdom.

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