courtesy name

English

Noun

courtesy name (plural courtesy names)

  1. (chiefly historical) An alias used instead of one's given name by peers and subordinates as a symbol of adulthood and respect in China and sometimes more broadly other East Asian cultures.
    Synonym: style name
    Coordinate terms: art name, era name, posthumous name, temple name
    Confucius's birth name was Kong Qiu, but his courtesy name was Kong Zhongni.

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