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appellative

ADJECTIVE
  1. pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun
  2. inclined to or serving for the giving of names
    the appellative faculty of children
    the appellative function of some primitive rites
NOUN
  1. identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

How To Use appellative In A Sentence

  • As such, Hamburger is equal parts myth debunker and modernization theorizer; Pizza traces transatlantic classism, corporate global­ization, and methodology-as-variety; and Pancake offers an iterative look at comfort food, cultural controversy, and appellative breadth. Cover to Cover
  • He and Barton were now called upon for their names, and in return, we were favoured with the liquid and vowelly appellatives, by which our ingenuous and communicative acquaintances were respectively designated. The Island Home
  • Terms that have both are called appellative terms and should be distinguished from substance terms or natural kind terms, which have signification by imposition. Mental Representation in Medieval Philosophy
  • The number following each proper name indicates the number of appellatives assigned to that person.
  • In these cases we have what Jakobson calls the conative function, what other linguists refer to as the appellative, imperative or directive function. Notes on Strange Fiction: Narrative's Function (2)
  • As an appellative or a pejorative, it is a term that was used quite widely; in fact, we can trace the term back almost a thousand years before the time of Moses. The Common Origin of and Split Between Arabs and Jews - An Interview with Professor George E. Mendenhall
  • the appellative function of some primitive rites
  • In these cases we have what Jakobson calls the conative function, what other linguists refer to as the appellative, imperative or directive function. Archive 2008-09-01
  • Observe how clearly the author states that all these appellatives employed as names of God came into existence after the Creation.
  • There are some thirteen appellatives in this section of his epistle, and all are true of every saint of God.
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