eponym
Example Sentences
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As moody and messy as its eponym, “Baby Ruby” aspires to demonstrate how postpartum psychosis can feel like a horror movie.
From New York Times
Today, “gaslighting” functions as an eponym: “one for whom or which something is or is believed to be named,” Merriam-Webster says.
From Washington Post
Click on the link in the name to see the eponym.
From Washington Post
Still running — deadline Monday night, Nov. 15: our contest for eponyms, words based on people’s names.
From Washington Post
At least 150 eponyms, names tied to birds, are being reconsidered because of ties to enslavers, grave robbers and supremacists.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
