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n. The semantic relation of belonging to a lower rank or class.

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Usage examples (4)
  • Poetry News: I'd like to talk about hyponymy for two reasons.
  • It is also a kind of collectivism less crouched than communism, characterized by hyponymy of the individual to the community.
  • The Superstar is a dream that's home to 15,000 people: there is no hierarchy, no hyponymy, but a fusion of technology and nature, future and humanity.
  • Cognition operates with only 2 main relations, much like WordNet: hyperonymy / hyponymy (e.g. cat is-a feline is-a mammal; their "taxonomy") and synonymy (e.g., "buy"...
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