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common noun

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common noun
n.
A noun, such as book or dog, that can be preceded by the definite article and that represents one or all of the members of a class.
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Noun1.common noun - a noun that denotes any or all members of a class
noun - a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action
deverbal noun, verbal noun - a noun that is derived from a verb
adnoun - an adjective used as a noun; "`meek' in `blessed are the meek' is an adnoun"
proper name, proper noun - a noun that denotes a particular thing; usually capitalized
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Before the rise of Christianity, the Greek common noun hairesis most often referred to a philosophical preference or school of thought--the Stoics, the Peripatetics, the Cynics, and so forth.
Judas & Jesus: what did the gnostics really believe? by Miles, Jack / Commonweal
[Regarding] your saying that "the heavy bodies are in their position and not in their center because they are prevented [from being in there]", I say that it must be known that the center is not only the center point of the world, but it is also a common noun used to describe the position of any totality in nature.
Ibn Sina--Al-Biruni correspondence by Iqbal, Muzaffar / Islam & Science
To play, call out common nouns ("armadillo") and proper nouns ("Michael Jordan") at random.
A noun is a word that names a person, animal, place, thing, or idea by Chanko, Pamela / Instructor (1990)
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