0 the state of being synonymous (= havings the same or almost the same meaning as another word or phrase in the same language) or the fact that words or phrases are synonymous: --
Therefore, the species studied were systematically revisited, several synonymies were proposed, and the taxonomic validity and relationships of genera and subgenera involved were established.
Where there is room for doubt as to the synonymy of two names, this has been freely admitted.
This weaker definition of synonymy is a basic premise in the scientific study of meaning.
This definition of synonymy in terms of truth value emphasizes its dichotomous rather than its continuous nature: words are either synonymous or they are not.
However, synonymy tends to be interpreted more narrowly, as the relation between distinct words that share the same meaning.
The synonymy blocking account offered above explains why no inter pretation problems arise where otherwise they might.
There, the strict separation between meaning and form crucially rests on the assumption of absolute synonymy between processes.
These difficulties with synonymy would be predicted by either the metalinguistic deficit account or the metalinguistic one-to-one mapping account.
