— onomasiologic /on'euh may'see euh loj"ik, -may'zee-/ , onomasiological , adj.
/on'euh may'see ol"euh jee, -may'zee-/ , n.
the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
[ 1930-35; Onomasiologie, equiv. to Gk ônomasí ( a ) name, expression (deriv. of ónoma, ónyma name) + -o- -O- + -logie -LOGY ]