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    RETRONYM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A word introduced because an existing term has become inadequateplay

    Example:

    Nobody ever heard of analog clocks until digital clocks became common, so 'analog clock' is a retronym

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("retronym" is a kind of...):

    word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

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