"euonymy" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: eu- + -onymy Etymology templates: {{confix|en|eu|onymy}} eu- + -onymy Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} euonymy (uncountable)
  1. The creation or use of self-descriptive names. Tags: uncountable

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          "text": "Daniels's coinage 'abjad' won't glister in the annals of euonymy, but I must use it here for clarity's sake.",
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          "ref": "1999, Plautus, Terence, & Deena Berg, Five Comedies: Miles Gloriosus, Menaechmi, Bacchides, Hecyra and Adelphoe",
          "text": "He adopts for his names Greek words that either confirm the character (euonymy) or undercut him or her ironically (dysonymy), and sometimes lead to, or depend on, wordplay in the text.",
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          "ref": "2007, John Klima, Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories, page 370",
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