EPONYMY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The derivation of a general name from that of a famous person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("eponymy" is a kind of...):

derivation ((descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation)

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