Talk:Antonomasia

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I´ve added the interesting example of the antonomastic use of "Prohibition" for "Prohibition of the Drug Alcohol in the United States between 1920 and 1933". Drcaldev 09:18, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Prohibition by synecdoche, not antonomasia
I concur with Ben Bell who says the American localism of calling the "Prohibition of Alcoholic Drugs in the United States from 1919 to 1933", just "The Prohibition", has the rethoric figure of whole for part synecdoche, and not antonomasia. Drcaldev 08:24, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Nicknames that are descriptive, not antonomasic
For a sentence to be antonomasic, there must exist several elements of its kind. For example, of the many commentators there are, Averroes is antonomasically "The Commentator". However, probably there is only one "Iron Chancellor" or one "Steel Butterfly".
 * "The little corporal" for Napoleon I. Could be
 * "Macedonia's madman" for Alexander the Great. Could be
 * "The author of Paradise Lost" for John Milton. There is only one author of Paradise Lost
 * "The Iron Duke" for the Duke of Wellington. Probably not
 * "The Iron Chancellor" for Otto von Bismark Probably not
 * "The Barcodes" for Newcastle United. Clearly just a nickname
 * "Old Blue Eyes" for Frank Sinatra. Clearly just a nickname
 * "The King of Pop" for Michael Jackson. Probably just a nickname
 * "The Boss" for Bruce Springsteen. Probably just a nickname
 * "The Iron Lady" for Margaret Thatcher. Just a nickname
 * "The Steel Butterfly" for Imelda Marcos. Just a nickname
 * "A young preacher from Georgia" for Martin Luther King To be antonomasic it should be "The young preacher from Georgia"
 * "The Man of Steel" or the "Man of Tomorrow" for Superman Just nicknames
 * "The Dark Knight" or "The Caped Crusader" for Batman (also referred as "The Dynamic Duo"  when paired with fictional sidekick, Robin) Just nicknames

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