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Onomastics

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onomatologynounSynonym of onomastics
onomasiologynoun(linguistics) A branch of lexicology concerned with the names of concepts.
toponymynoun(semantics) Lexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics.
onomastnounA person who studies onomastics; a person who studies (proper) names.
patronomatologynoun(obsolete, rare) The study of surnames, specifically patronymics.
odonymynounThe study of street names.
anthroponymynounThe study of personal names.
toponymicsnounThe study of toponyms.
toponomasticsnounbranch of onomastics studying toponyms in a scholarly way
toponomynounAlternative spelling of toponymy. [(semantics) Lexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics.]
lexicologynoun(uncountable, linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
demonymicsnoun(linguistics) The study of demonyms.
nomologynounThe study of laws
nomologistnounOne who studies nomology.
ethnonymicsnoun(linguistics) The study of ethnonyms.
lexicosemanticsnounThe study of word meanings and their relationships.
etymologynoun(uncountable, linguistics) The scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes.
logologynounThe study of words for recreational purposes with an emphasis on letter patterns.
etymologistnounA lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words).
onomasiologistnounA practitioner of onomasiology

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