HyperDic: antinomasia

English > 1 sense of the word antinomasia:
NOUNcommunicationantinomasiasubstitution / substitution of a title for a name
English > antinomasia: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaningsubstitution / substitution of a title for a name.
Broaderrhetorical deviceA use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
Spanishantonomasia
Catalanantonomàsia

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