Byword

Word BYWORD
Character 6
Hyphenation by word
Pronunciations /ˈbaɪ.wə(ɹ)d/

Definitions and meanings of "Byword"

What do we mean by byword?

A proverbial expression; a proverb. noun

An often-used word or phrase. noun

One that represents a type, class, or quality. noun

An object of notoriety or interest. noun

An epithet. noun

A word or phrase used proverbially; especially, a saying used in mockery or disparagement; a satirical or contemptuous proverb. noun

Hence An object of general reproach or condemnation; a common subject of derision or opprobrium. noun

Synonyms Axiom, Maxim, etc. See aphorism. noun

A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency. noun

The object of a contemptuous saying. noun

A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase noun

A person who, or a thing that represents something with specified characteristics, byspel noun

An object of notoriety or contempt. noun

A nickname or epithet noun

An object of scorn or derision noun

A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people noun

A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.

A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.

Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.

An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.

A nickname or epithet.

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The word "byword" in example sentences

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The "Manchester school" of political economy has long since passed into reproach if not obloquy with people for whom a byword is a potent weapon, and perhaps the easiest they can handle, and ❋ William Dean Howells (1878)

'All's well' over and over again; 'twas a kind of byword with him. ❋ Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1907)

Dario Fo once complained that "political theater has become a kind of byword for boring theater," he certainly wasn't talking about himself. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Only last month, Brown described Afghanistan as a "byword" for corruption. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There j'ai fait la connaissance de la mere de Kousma [Footnote: A jocular translation into French of a Russian slang byword "Kousma's Mother," popularly used to indicate a difficult plight. ❋ Unknown (1906)

"Back in the early 1970s, it was a kind of byword for industrial-relations strife, poor quality, unreliability. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"This is in a city which is a byword for religious hatred and Islamic radicalism," he said. ❋ Drew Hinshaw (2012)

"Access" to credit was the byword of banking regulation under Labour in the UK. ❋ Not A Sheep (2009)

And the pain now being felt in the Euro zone, where austerity is the new byword, is filled with opportunities to cash in on currency gyrations. ❋ Phil Trupp (2011)

Uniformity became the chain's byword: Each Morton's was done in dark wood and swanky furniture. ❋ Stephen Miller (2011)

Beirut was at the center of the Lebanese war of 1975-90, when "Lebanonization" became a byword for violent disintegration. ❋ Michael Young (2011)

The eponymous 'X Factor' is as much a byword for 'good backstory/sobstory' as it is for 'talent'. ❋ Philippa Warr (2011)

• In aftermath of shooting, rising skepticism about American presence in Pakistan: Raymond Davis's name has become a byword for a presumed army of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of shadowy American operatives stalking Pakistani streets. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Having become a byword for 60s pastiche, uber-producer Ronson has leapt forward two decades for his latest solo project, trading swinging retro-soul for robotic electro-pop. ❋ Hugh Montgomery (2010)

But the project remains a byword for worker- empowerment schemes. ❋ Stephen Miller (2011)

The devastating cuts in capital expenditure are the most aggressive since the Geddes axe of the 1920s, a byword for a self-defeating, blunt roll-back of the state that laid the foundations for two decades of social bitterness. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Yet it's beset with a curse: The car's license plate ends in 39, a numeric combination that has inexplicably become a byword for prostitution in Afghanistan. ❋ Dion Nissenbaum (2011)

He will become a laughter and a byword, and all my days and nights will be filled with woe. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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