Definitions for retronym



Overview of noun retronym

The noun retronym has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. retronym

(a word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate; "Nobody ever heard of analog clocks until digital clocks became common, so `analog clock' is a retronym")


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