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appellative

Length / number of characters: 11
Number of words: 1

  • identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
  • pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun
  • inclined to or serving for the giving of names
  • Pertaining to a common name
  • Common, as opposed to proper
  • A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class
  • An appellation or title

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