polyonymy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”) and ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

Noun

polyonymy (usually uncountable, plural polyonymies)

  1. The use of many names for the same thing or person.
    Near-synonyms: hypersynonymy, overlexicalization
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