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ANTONOMASIA

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ANTONOMASIA  , in

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rhetoric, the
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Greek
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term for a substitution of any epithet or phrase for a proper name; as " Pelides," or " the son of
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Peleus," for
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Achilles; " the Stagirite " for
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Aristotle; " the author of
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Paradise Lost " for
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Milton; " the little
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corporal " for
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Napoleon I.; "
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Macedonia's madman " for
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Alexander the
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Great, &c . &c . The opposite substitution of a proper name for some generic term is also sometimes called antonomasia; as " a
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Cicero " for an orator .

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