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What is the noun for antonomasies?

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antonomasia
  1. (rhetoric) The substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun
  2. (rhetoric) Use of a proper name to suggest its most obvious quality or aspect.
  3. Examples:
    1. “One was antonomasia, the usually derisive practice of describing an individual by a certain characteristic, then making it into a proper noun.”
      “Another type of antonomasia we meet when a common noun is still clearly perceived as a proper name.”
      “But it is nice that Rubin regrets the end of the series, even if he rejects my antonomasia.”
antonomasy
  1. Alternative form of antonomasia
antonomasias
  1. plural of antonomasia
antonomasies
  1. plural of antonomasy
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