nonsynonymy

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noun

The quality of not being synonymous.

Opposite
synonymy
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Meanings

nounnonsynonymy (uncountable)

alternative nonsynonymity

  1. uncountablehuman sciencesThe quality of not being synonymous.

    The nonsynonymy of "A woman strikes a man" and "A woman is struck by a man" is readily aligned with the nonysynonymy of "to strike" and "to be struck"

    1966 April, "Paul Ziff", "The Nonsynonymy of Active and Passive Sentences", The Philosophical Review, page 230

    Antonyms: synonymy

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality of not being synonymous.

Opposite
synonymy

Origin

From non- + synonymy.

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APA

nonsynonymy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsynonymy

MLA

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Chicago

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