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holonymy

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8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted hlmnooyyStarts with HEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the semantic relation that holds between a whole and its parts

Word origin

From holo- + -onymy (compare Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”), ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”)).

Used in a sentence

  • The relation between the terms ‘foot’ and ‘heel’ is that of holonymy, since one of the parts of a foot is a heel.

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