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Natasha
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Natasha asked in Education & ReferenceWords & Wordplay · 7 years ago

What's this English language term?

I was taught it back when I was in school during my GCSE years, but I can't remember it.

When you can immediately tell from a character's name what their personality is like, such as how people can immediately tell Cruella De Vil from 101 dalmatians is the main baddie because the name comes from the words 'cruel' and 'devil'.

Does anyone know?

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    7 years ago
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    I want to say Symbolic Name, but I don't know whether this is what you have in mind.

  • ?
    7 years ago

    There are anagrams where you can take letters change them around a spell a word, not sure if this is what you mean though.

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