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Sign in to saveA retronym is a newer name for something that differentiates it from something else that is newer, similar, or seen in everyday life, thus avoiding confusion between the two.
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A retronym is a newer name for something that differentiates it from something else that is newer, similar, or seen in everyday life, thus avoiding confusion between the two.
== Etymology == The term retronym, a neologism composed of the combining forms retro- (from Latin , "before") + -nym (from Greek , "name"), was coined by Frank Mankiewicz in 1980 and popularized by William Safire in The New York Times Magazine.
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