synonymy
noun [ U ] language specialized uk/sɪˈnɒn.ɪ.mi/ us/sɪˈnɑː.nə.mi/
同义
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
There is no such thing as perfect synonymy, but the meanings of many pairs of words are close enough for this term to be used in the context of a crossword. 不存在完全同义的词语，但许多词对的含义足够相似，可以在填字游戏中使用“…的同义词”这种用法。
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- They examined children's understanding of synonymy, which like homonymy requires children to understand the relationship between linguistic form and meaning.
- Children learn to accept two labels for the same object (synonymy).
- They chose to test the hypothesis that children avoid synonymy in the early stages of lexical development.
- As we all know, synonymy in language does not yield to the mathematical law that states that things equal to the same thing are equal to each other.