retronym

 
['retrəʊnɪm]     ['retroʊnɪm]    
  • n. 當某事物的原名不再適用的時候為它造的新詞;如"第一次世界大戰(World War I)";其在二戰之前叫做"大戰"(the Great War)
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retronym的英文翻譯是什麼意思,詞典釋義與在線翻譯:

英英釋義

Noun:
  1. 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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