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  • noun The state of being synonymous; synonymy.

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  • noun The state of being a synonym.

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  • noun the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning

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Examples

  • Other alternatives listed have limited synonymity.

    Jargon and the economic recession 2009

  • Other alternatives listed have limited synonymity.

    March « 2009 « Sentence first 2009

  • Other alternatives listed have limited synonymity.

    Some issues with ‘issues’ 2008

  • But when we have a generic synonymity with entertainment, how can we say we're an academic breeding ground for scientists?

    Sheldon G. Adelson: We’ll Always Have Vegas 2009

  • If the film has any shortcomings, they mostly concern a developing synonymity between Hellboy's Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense and the likes of THE X-FILES and particularly MEN IN BLACK, as well as some of the same Mutant vs.

    HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY Previewed 2008

  • If the film has any shortcomings, they mostly concern a developing synonymity between Hellboy's Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense and the likes of THE X-FILES and particularly MEN IN BLACK, as well as some of the same Mutant vs.

    Archive 2008-07-06 2008

  • A game synonymous with synonymity, multiplayer on a level of awesome, and franchise milking at an epic scale - but with good reason.

    Atomic 2010

  • A game synonymous with synonymity, multiplayer on a level of awesome, and franchise milking at an epic scale - but with good reason.

    Atomic 2010

  • A game synonymous with synonymity, multiplayer on a level of awesome, and franchise milking at an epic scale - but with good reason.

    Atomic 2010

  • A game synonymous with synonymity, multiplayer on a level of awesome, and franchise milking at an epic scale - but with good reason.

    Atomic 2010

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  • They confused the specimen with the species; Hop, Leap, and Jump wore in their minds the drab uniform of regimented synonymity; and not one page passed without a boner.

    --Vladimir Nabokov, 1974, Look at the Harlequins!‎ p. 118

    June 13, 2009