appellative
pronunciation
How to pronounce appellative in British English:
UK [əˈpelətɪv]
How to pronounce appellative in American English:
US [əˈpɛlətɪv]
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- Noun:
- identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
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- Adjective:
- pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun
- inclined to or serving for the giving of names
Word Origin
- appellative (adj.)
- mid-15c., from Latin appellativus, from appellat-, past participle stem of appellare (see appeal). As a noun, attested from 1590s.
Example
- 1. Social security expense holds the proportion of gross domestic product , level of appellative social security .
- 2. " Elohim " is an appellative , and the general name for the divinity , the superhuman , extramundane being , whose existence is felt by all men-a being that possesses intelligence and will , exists in the world and beyond human power , and is the final cause of all that exists and happens .