Words Like APPELLATIVE
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10 Alternative Words Similar to appellative
1 examples of appellative
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the appellative function of some primitive rites
10 definitions of appellative
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Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.
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Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class.
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A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie.
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An appellation or title; a descriptive name.
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pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun
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identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
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inclined to or serving for the giving of names
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Of or relating to the assignment of names.
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Grammar Of or relating to a common noun.
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A name or descriptive epithet.