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English noun: retronym | |||
| 1. | retronym (communication) a word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate | ||
| Samples | Nobody ever heard of analog clocks until digital clocks became common, so `analog clock' is a retronym. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | word | ||
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