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Proper name Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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proper name
Noun
1. a noun that denotes a particular thing; usually capitalized
(synonym) proper noun
(hypernym) noun
Noun
1. a noun that denotes a particular thing; usually capitalized
(synonym) proper noun
(hypernym) noun
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proper name
proper name
n : a noun that denotes a particular thing; usually capitalized [syn: proper noun]
[ant: common noun]
proper name
(gram.), a name applied to a particular person, place, or thing...
see name
proper name
n : a noun that denotes a particular thing; usually capitalized [syn: proper noun]
[ant: common noun]
proper name
(gram.), a name applied to a particular person, place, or thing...
see name
Proper name Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Proper name
This article is about the philosophical issues relating to a certain class of nominative words. For general grammatical information, see Proper noun.
"A proper name [is] a word that answers the purpose of showing what thing it is that we are talking about" writes John Stuart Mill in A System of Logic (1. ii. 5.), "but not of telling anything about it". The problem of defining proper names, and of explaining their meaning, is one of the most recalcitrant in modern philosophy.
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