affectonym

A term that expresses affection; a term of endearment.

Noun

  1. A term that expresses affection; a term of endearment.
    • Affective expressions and diminutives directly enhance the persuasive function. Replacing the name with an affectonym or some other affective expression is very common practice in the Polish language. All names...

Origin

Borrowed from Polish afektonim, Ukrainian афектонім (afektonim), Russian аффектоним (affektonim), etc. By surface analysis, affect + -onym.

Forms

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