Naming (Adjective)
Meaning
Inclined to or serving for the giving of names; "the appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function of some primitive rites".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- Children exhibit an interesting naming capacity in creating imaginary personas for their dolls.
- A special naming convention in computing differentiates system variables from ordinary data variables.
- During early social interactions, an adult role models naming behaviors as they teach various objects to a toddler.
- Some indigenous rituals possess an essential naming function that seeks to establish a deep spiritual bond between the person and the environment.
- Philosophers argue over whether such a naming process simply gives meaning to an external reality or actively constructs that reality itself.