Hyponymy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  hyponymy \hyponymy\ n. (Linguistics)
     The state or quality of being a hyponym; as, hyponymy is
     symbolized by the tag "hypon".
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  hyponymy
       n : the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a
           lower rank or class [syn: {subordination}]