byword
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈbaɪˌwɜrd/
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sinónimo
- Like many a visitor to the Greek islands, I picked up The Magus, the novel that has become almost a byword for the mystique and romance of those places and their liberating light.
- become a byword
Everything gets dumped in there is used as a byword for divisiveness.
- Everything gets dumped in there is used as a byword for divisiveness.
Examples
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But why has Burma gone from being a byword for repression and poverty in Asia to the country every global power wants a piece of?
Blog text (30) -
At the same time, his name has become a byword for the kind of openhearted management style that may, in the end, be our only advantage over the Japanese.
Fiction book (1995) -
Balance is the byword, and to achieve that we need to go beyond objectivity.
Academic text (1990) -
Your name is a byword among dealers and collectors.
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Within a few years, Scott Fitzgerald would be an icon of a different kind: once a byword for youth, elegance, and exuberance, he would become an emblem of failure, a back number.
Academic text (2000) -
Some owners, in fact, become decidedly unlibertarian NIMBYs, where "not in my backyard" becomes their byword for infringing on the liberties of others.
Blog text (11) -
This one is from Praeger, a natural historian who has become a byword for insensitivity to the meaning of the Irish countryside he so meticulously documented.
Academic text (2002) -
His actions became a byword for integrity and honesty in the community.
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For many, the phrase 'scientific excellence' has become a byword for the university's reputation.
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In the tech world, that company's name has become a byword for innovation and cutting-edge solutions.
Synonyms
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7.4
A perfect example of a person or thing that shows a certain quality
How Representative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Byword comes from old English parts by- meaning 'near' or 'beside' and word, so it originally meant a 'word that stands beside' a person or thing as an example. That's why we call someone a byword for honesty when they are a clear, well-known example of that quality.