| NOUN | communication | retronym | a word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate |
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| Meaning | A word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate. | |
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| Example | "Nobody ever heard of analog clocks until digital clocks became common, so 'analog clock' is a retronym" | |
| Broader | word | A unit of language that native speakers can identify |
| Spanish | retrónimo, retronym | |
| Catalan | retronym | |
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