Antonomasia
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title:
Antonomasia
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In rhetoric, antonomasia is a kind of metonymy in which an epithet or phrase takes the place of a proper name, such as "the little corporal" for Napoleon I, or conversely the use of a proper name as an archetypal name, to express a generic idea. A frequent instance of antonomasia in the Late Middle Ages and early Renaissance was the use of the term "the Philosopher" to refer to Aristotle. Stylistically, such epithets may be used for elegant variation to reduce repetition of names in phrases. The
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Figure of speech
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonomasia
date created:
2004-06-08T15:12:15Z
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2024-09-13T18:52:31Z
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