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retronym::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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Nobody ever heard of analog clocks until digital clocks became common, so `analog clock' is a retronym.
Examples of retronym
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The application of the term information for earlier systems or societies is a retronym.
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The term snail-mail is a retronym that originated in 1983 to distinguish it from the quicker e-mail.
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This retronym was coined recently, together with NAS and SAN.
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In this sense, the term is also a retronym in that most stores had a physical presence before the advent of the Internet.
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The very term subtractive manufacturing is a retronym developed in recent years to distinguish it from newer additive manufacturing techniques.
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In fact, the term subtractive manufacturing is a retronym developed in recent years to distinguish traditional methods from the newer additive manufacturing techniques.
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If, however, the new version becomes the standard, it loses the part of its name that identifies it as new or different, and a retronym is coined for the original.
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- A word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate; "Nobody ever heard of analog clocks until digital clocks became common, so `analog clock' is a retronym"
- A retronym is a new name for an object or concept to differentiate the original form or version of it from a more recent form or version. ...
- A new word or phrase coined for an old object or concept whose original name has become used for something else or is no longer unique (such as acoustic guitar where guitar used to mean this but can now also refer to an electric guitar)
- (retronymic) Relating to the characteristics of being a retronym, a new word which describes something old
