eponym

Example Sentences

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Supervisors had started the process of changing eponyms last year, after protests against racial injustice across the U.S.

From Seattle Times

Recently the medical community has moved away from eponyms, which reference the discovering doctor, to names that describe the disorders themselves.

From New York Times

The housemade roll, a cemita, is the first in a cascade of eponyms; the restaurant is named for the sandwich, the sandwich is named for the roll.

From Seattle Times

While there is a move toward descriptive diagnostic labels in medicine, certain eponyms have entered our everyday language and will likely endure.

From Scientific American

On Wednesday night, Trump SoHo appeared in some ways to be still living up to the excess of its eponym.

From New York Times