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19 Cards in this Set
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Acronym |
Word formed from Initial letters of other words |
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Allonym |
Other person's name used by author |
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Ananym |
Name written backwards |
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Anonym |
No name, pseudonym |
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Antonym |
Opposite |
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Aptronym |
Name that suits its owner |
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Autonym |
A writer's real name |
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Caconym |
Wrongly derived name |
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Cryptonym |
Secret name |
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Dionym |
Name containing two parts |
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Eponym |
Personal name from which another name is derived |
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Euonym |
Beautiful name |
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Heteronym |
Same spelling but different sound and meaning |
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Homonym |
Same sound but different meaning |
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Metonymy |
Metonymy figurative use of word to name an attribute of its subject |
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Metronym |
Name after mothers name |
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Onymous |
Bearing the author's name |
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Patronym |
Name derived from father's name |
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Synonym |
Similar meaning |
