Onomasiology
[on-uh-mey-see-ol-uh-jee, -mey-zee-] /ˌɒn əˌmeɪ siˈɒl ə dʒi, -ˌmeɪ zi-/
noun
1.
the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
/ˌɒnəʊˌmeɪsɪˈɒlədʒɪ/
noun
1.
another name for onomastics (sense 1)
2.
the branch of semantics concerned with the meanings of and meaning relations between individual words
noun
the study of names or naming; also, a branch of semantics concerned with related words and their meanings
Word Origin
Greek onoma ‘name’
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