Partonym
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Partonym is a noun meaning (philosophy) Synonym of meronym.
Meaning
(philosophy) Synonym of meronym.
Example Sentences
Furthermore, we infer that the kicking was done with one of Mary's feet, since we know that Mary is a human and humans have feet, or, to put it differently, the script MARY inherits the partonyms of its hyperonym HUMAN.
A word or lexical item indicating that it is 'part-of' some whole. Thus, "leg" is a body partonym, and "root" a plant partonym. Thus, partonymy refers to the phenomenon of referring to parts of a whole through specialised terms.
Word Forms
- partonyms
Synonyms for partonym
Depending on context, synonyms include meronym.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include deonym, paronyme, paronymy, paranym, demonym, politonym.
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