💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Merism"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| nemesisnoun | An enemy, especially an archenemy. |
| agnominationnoun | (rhetoric) A paronomasia, or allusion of one word to another |
| paronomasianoun | (rhetoric) A pun or play on words. |
| anthimerianoun | (rhetoric) The use of a word from one word class or part of speech as if it were from another, in English typically the use of a noun as if it were a verb. |
| metalepsisnoun | (rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which is itself a metonym; more broadly, a metaphor consisting of a series of embedded metonyms or rhetorical substitutions. |
| asteismusnoun | (rhetoric) Witty dialog or response. |
| phenemenoun | (linguistics) A (hypothetical) linguistic item that is atomic both with respect to phonology as well as semantics; an item that is both a phoneme as well as a sememe. |
| polysemenoun | (semantics) A word or phrase that has multiple meanings, or, more specifically, multiple etymologically related meanings. |
| periphrasisnoun | The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will". |
| parimionnoun | Alternative form of paromoeon. [(rhetoric) alliteration] |
| antonomasianoun | (rhetoric) The substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun. |
| metaphoremenoun | (linguistics) A non-literal expression with a relatively fixed lexicogrammatical form and specific semantics and pragmatics, associated with metaphoric language. |
| verismnoun | (art) Synonym of verismo (“19th-century art movement”). |
| polemicismnoun | The use of polemics. |
| paronomasynoun | Archaic form of paronomasia. [(rhetoric) A pun or play on words.] |
| synecdochynoun | (rhetoric) The use of a synecdoche. |
| monophrasisnoun | (linguistics) Any word carrying a complete sense by itself; not a polylectic term. |
| paromoeonnoun | (rhetoric) alliteration |
| paradoxologynoun | The study or contemplation of paradoxes. |
| parabolanoun | (geometry) The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix). |
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