retronym

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von retronym im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A new word or phrase coined for an old object or concept whose original name has become used for something else or is no longer unique (such as acoustic guitar where guitar used to mean this but can now also refer to an electric guitar)

{i} new word or term that distinguishes a secondary class from members of a superclass

Etymologie

() * retr(o)- + -onym; coined by Frank Mankiewicz and popularized by William Safire in The New York Times