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retronym
noun[ C ]
language specializeduk /ˈret.rə.nɪm/ us /ˈret.rə.nɪm/
a new word used to refer to the original form of something that now exists in several forms :
"Dairy milk" is a retronym, because we now also have plant milks.
A retronym is a type of neologism.
After diesel trains were invented, earlier steam-powered trains came to be known by the retronym "steam trains".
A retronym provides a new name for an object to differentiate the original form of it from a more recent form.
Coined as a retronym, "Web 2.0" refers to the second generation of worldwide web technologies that allowed more user participation and content sharing than older Web 1.0 technologies.
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