noun
- Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others.
- synonyms: appellation, denomination, designation
adjective
- Pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun.
- Inclined to or serving for the giving of names.
- usage: "the appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function of some primitive rites"
- synonyms: naming
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