hyponymy
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editEtymology
editFrom hypo- + -nymy or hyponym + -y.
Noun
edithyponymy (countable and uncountable, plural hyponymies)
- (semantics) The semantic relation between hyponyms; the quality of being hyponymous.
- Antonyms: hypernymy, hyperonymy
- 1977, Ruth Kempson, Semantic Theory, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 86:
- By isolating these two main types of relation, hyponymy and incompatibility, we can characterize the relations between a large web of items.
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