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honorific::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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the Japanese use many honorifics.
honorific::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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honorific social status commonly attaches to membership in a recognized profession.
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The traditional Urdu honorific in Pakistan for a female is the prefix Mohtarama.
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Honorific speech is often longer, sometimes much longer, than more direct speech.
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In rare cases, both a base form and honorific are in use with different readings.
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After the Han Dynasty, the term was used fluently and always just as a honorific.
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His descendants surnamed themselves Ipato on the basis of this imperial honorific.
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This offer was declined, but he was granted honorific Ming titles for his gesture.
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It may be an honorific but in this case, it forms part of his post-coronation name.
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I actually agree with you about Sri's usage being more expansive than an honorific.
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When a married woman holds the honorific, she uses her own given name in the style.
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- An expression of respect; "the Japanese use many honorifics"
- Conferring or showing honor or respect; "honorific social status commonly attaches to membership in a recognized profession"
- An honorific (sometimes Honorable) is a word or expression that conveys esteem or respect when used in addressing or referring to a person. Sometimes the term is used not quite correctly to refer to an honorary title. ...
- (Honorifics (linguistics)) In linguistics, an honorific (abbreviated) is a grammatical or morphosyntactic form that encodes the relative social status of the participants of the conversation. ...
- A title or term of respect; respectful language; Showing or conferring honour and respect
- (Honorifics) Language forms specialized to indicate the relative social status or relationship of the speakers.
- (honorifics) the Japanese "honorific" has no English equivalent. They are a way of showing your status in relation to another person and so, depending on how they are used, they can be either respectful or insulting. ...
- A title or phrase conferring respect, especially when used in addressing a social superior. See also: autonomasia.
- Short status indicators place immediately after one's last name. Used frequently in Japan, these can be confusing since they make someone's name appear altered in specific occasions
