Meaning Of The Word Retronym

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retronym in British English
noun: a new word coined for an existing or older thing to distinguish it from something newer or more recent
noun: a term, such as acoustic guitar, coined in modification of the original referent that was used alone, such as guitar, to distinguish it from a later contrastive development, such as electric guitar

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