Definition of "hyponymy" []

• The semantic relation between hyponyms; the quality of being hyponymous. (noun)

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• "It is also a kind of collectivism less crouched than communism, characterized by hyponymy of the individual to the community."
• "Poetry News: I'd like to talk about hyponymy for two reasons."
• "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" means almost the same as "purchase"; their "thesaurus")."