Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Linguistics) The state or quality of being a hyponym.
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- noun semantics The
semantic relation betweenhyponyms ; the quality of beinghyponymous .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class
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Examples
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It is also a kind of collectivism less crouched than communism, characterized by hyponymy of the individual to the community.
EzineArticles 2010
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Poetry News: I'd like to talk about hyponymy for two reasons.
GotPoetry.com News 2008
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Cognition operates with only 2 main relations, much like WordNet: hyperonymy / hyponymy (e.g. cat is-a feline is-a mammal; their "taxonomy") and synonymy (e.g., "buy" means almost the same as "purchase"; their "thesaurus").
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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The Superstar is a dream that's home to 15,000 people: there is no hierarchy, no hyponymy, but a fusion of technology and nature, future and humanity.
Dezeen 2008
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