hypersynonymy

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ synonymy.

Noun

hypersynonymy (uncountable)

  1. (linguistics) The existence of a very large number of synonyms for a single concept.
    Synonym: overlexicalization
    Near-synonym: polyonymy
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