antonomasia

antonomasia读音音标

英 [æntɒnəʊ\'meɪzɪə]

美 [æntɒnoʊ\'meɪzɪr]

antonomasia意思解释

n.

换称，代称；

用专有名词表示一般概念；

英英释义

In rhetoric, antonomasia is a substitution of any epithet or phrase for a proper name, such as \"the little corporal\"for Napoleon I. The reverse process is also sometimes called antonomasia.