retronym

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A new word or phrase coined for an old object or concept whose original name has become used for something else or is no longer unique, or which did not originally have a specific name.

/ɹəˈtɹəʊ.nɪm/ /ɹəˈtɹoʊ.nɪm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-retronym.wav

retronym retronyms

From retro- + -onym; coined by Frank Mankiewicz and popularized by William Safire.

avant la lettre anachronism

retronymic retronymically retronymous

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