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epithet
[ ep-uh-thet ]
noun
- any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality:
“Richard the Lion-Hearted” is an epithet of Richard I.
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- a characterizing word or phrase firmly associated with a person or thing and often used in place of an actual name, title, or the like, as “man's best friend” for “dog.”
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- a word, phrase, or expression used invectively as a term of abuse or contempt, to express hostility, etc.:
He demeans his female employees by addressing them with sexist epithets.
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- Botany, Zoology. specific epithet ( def ).
epithet
/ ˈɛɪˌθɛ /
noun
- a descriptive word or phrase added to or substituted for a person's name
"Lackland" is an epithet for King John
Derived Forms
- ˌ辱ˈٳپ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- i·ٳi i·ٳi· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of epithet1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of epithet1
Example Sentences
According to the classical definition, that would be socialism — or Marxism or communism, whichever epithet we are using today.
Based on history’s lessons, this is a fool’s bargain to the extreme and what will likely be another paragraph in the epithet of America’s multiracial pluralistic democracy.
In the cease-and-desist letter, Collins condemns Healy’s social media “attacks” on his client, the singer’s use of “racial epithets” and his “recent threats of physical violence.”
“I want to make clear that our police department does not tolerate racism or unacceptable epithets of any kind from any member of our organization,” Solinsky wrote in the release.
Last week in Columbus, Ohio, a dozen or so people marched through the city waving Nazi flags and yelling racial epithets.
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