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English
Noun
en-noun|sg=proprietary eponym
- A brand name or trademark of a successful product, that has come into general use to refer to the generic class of objects rather than the specific brand type, without the exclusive rights to said product being lost by the parent company. For example, kleenex is used to describe many types of facial tissue. Compare to genericized trademark.
Related terms
eponym
proprietary
antonomasia
See also
genericized trademark
Translations
trans-top|brand name that has come into general use
Dutch: t|nl|propriëtair eponiem|n
trans-mid
trans-bottom
External links
Database of American Proprietary Eponyms
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