ONOMASTIC Definition & Meaning

onomastic

[ on-uh-mas-tik ]

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adjective

of or relating to proper names.
of or relating to onomastics.
Law. (of a signature) written in the handwriting other than that of the document, instrument, etc., to which it is appended.

onomastic

/ ˌɒ��əˈ��æ��ɪ�� /

adjective

of or relating to proper names
law denoting a signature in a different handwriting from that of the document to which it is attached

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of onomastic¹

1600–10; < Greek �ǲԴǳ��پ��ó��, derivative of �ǲԴǳ�á��𾱲� to name; -tic

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of onomastic¹

C17: from Greek onomastikos, from onomazein to name, from onoma name

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Following the ICO revelations about onomastic data, the ORG has contacted the Conservative Party asking if it still uses this data.

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In case you are wondering, this fact and others make up part of an entire field called “onomastics.”

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I studied a branch of linguistics called onomastics, which involves the history and origin of proper names.

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Parents following larger cultural trends when looking for baby names is nothing new, says Cleveland Evans, a former president of the American Name Society, an group that promotes onomastics, the academic study of proper names.

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But sociologists and experts in onomastics, the study of names, said the diminishment of nicknames is not exclusive to famous athletes.

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