"appellative" in the noun sense
1. appellation, denomination, designation, appellative
identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
"appellative" in the adjective sense
1. appellative
pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun
2. appellative, naming
inclined to or serving for the giving of names
"the appellative faculty of children"
"the appellative function of some primitive rites"
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