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- noun countable, semantics A
semantic relation that exists between a term denoting awhole (theholonym ) and a term denoting apart that pertains to the whole (themeronym ). - noun uncountable, semantics The quality or nature of being the
whole in aholonymous relation.
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- noun the semantic relation that holds between a whole and its parts
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ὅλος (holos, "whole") + ὄνομα (onoma, "name") + -y
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