hyponymy

Thân thiện

Hyponymy is illustrated by the relationship between "rose" and "flower."

Definition

Noun: - The semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class: Hyponymy is a specific type of meaning relationship in linguistics where the meaning of one word (the hyponym) is included within the meaning of another, more general word (the hypernym). It describes a "kind-of" or "type-of" hierarchy.

Usage

• Hyponymy describes a hierarchical structure of word meanings. For example, the word "rose" has a hyponymic relationship to "flower" because a rose is a type of flower. "Flower" is the hypernym (superordinate term), and "rose" is the hyponym (subordinate term).
• This relationship is fundamental to organizing vocabulary into semantic fields and understanding how language categorizes the world.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• Hyponymic Hierarchy: A multi-level structure of hyponymy. For instance, "spaniel" is a hyponym of "dog," which is itself a hyponym of "animal." This creates a chain: spaniel → dog → animal.
• Co-hyponyms: Words that share the same hypernym. For example, "rose," "tulip," and "daisy" are co-hyponyms under the hypernym "flower."

Variants and Related Words

• Hyponym (noun): The specific, subordinate term in a hyponymy relation (e.g., "table" is a hyponym of "furniture").
• Hypernymy (noun): The converse semantic relation; the state of being a superordinate or more general term.
• Hypernym (noun): The general, superordinate term in a hyponymy relation (e.g., "furniture" is the hypernym of "table").

Synonyms

• Subordination (in a semantic context)
• Inclusion (specifically, sense inclusion)

Antonyms

• Hypernymy (the semantic relation of being superordinate)

Học thuật

Noun

1. the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class

Từ đồng nghĩa

• subordination