holonymy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A semantic relation that exists between a term denoting a whole (the holonym) and a term denoting a part that pertains to the whole (the meronym).
The quality or nature of being the whole in a holonymous relation.

holonymy

From holo- + -onymy (compare Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”), ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”)).

meronymy

holonym holonymous semantics synonymy antonymy homonymy polysemy paronyms hypernymy hyponymy metonymy meronymy exocentric endocentric

Chinese Mandarin: 整體關係 /整体关系 French: holonymie Greek: ολωνυμία Hungarian: holonímia Polish: holonimia Russian: холонимия

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