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appellative
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adjective (a)
- pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun(adj.pert)source: wordnet30
- Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- 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; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- inclined to or serving for the giving of names(adj.all)Example:
The appellative faculty of children.
The appellative function of some primitive rites.
source: wordnet30
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