Saturday, November 9, 2024

Dive Deep with "Hyponym"

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A hyponym is a word that belongs to a specific subcategory of something more general. For example, a poodle is a hyponym of dog — a poodle is a specific breed of dog. Linguists love this term, which comes from Greek. So next time you go word-hunting, think of all the little hyponyms hiding in bigger categories!

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November 09, 2024

hyponym

[ hahy-puh-nim ] noun

a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class

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