Meanings
plural synonymiae
- countablerhetoricuncountableThe use of two or more synonyms together to amplify or explain a given subject or term. A kind of repetition that adds force.
At its simplest (sometimes called synonymia simplex), it takes the form of synonymous words arranged in doublets, […] .
2007, Sylvia Adamson, "Synonymia, or in other words", in Anderson, et al., Renaissance figures of speech, page 29Synonyms: synonymy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe use of two or more synonyms together to amplify or explain a given subject or term. A kind of repetition that adds force.
Origin
- Ancient Greekσυνωνυμία
- Latinsynōnymia
- Englishsynonymia
Learned borrowing from Latin synōnymia, from Ancient Greek συνωνυμία (sunōnumía). Doublet of synonymy.
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