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onomasiology
on·o·mas·i·ol·o·gy [ ònnə mayssee ólləjee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. branch of semantics: the branch of linguistics that studies how meaning is expressed
2. linguistics 
Same as  onomastics (sense 1)

[Early 20th century. < Greek onomasia "name" + -logy]
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