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holonym

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Etymology

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From holo- +‎ -nym.

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Noun

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holonym (plural holonyms)

  1. (semantics, philosophy) A term that denotes the whole of which another term's referent is a part.
    Antonym: meronym
    Holonyms: semantic network, wordnet, thesaurus
    The word "face" is a holonym of the word "eye", which is a holonym of the word "retina".

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Noun

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holonym c

  1. (semantics) holonym

Declension

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Declension of holonym
nominative genitive
singular indefinite holonym holonyms
definite holonymen holonymens
plural indefinite holonymer holonymers
definite holonymerna holonymernas