Associations to the word «Eponymy»

Noun

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Wiktionary

EPONYMY, noun. (semantics) The semantic relation of eponyms; the quality of being eponymous.

Dictionary definition

EPONYMY, noun. The derivation of a general name from that of a famous person.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin