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Perhaps the concept of nominative determinism[0], or (more generally) the saying from Latin, "nomen est omen"[1]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_dete
by dwringer 5y ago
Perhaps the concept of nominative determinism[0], or (more generally) the saying from Latin, "nomen est omen"[1].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism[1]
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nomen_est_omen https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nomen_est_omen
- mdp2021 5y ago"Nominative determinism" is when there are reasons to suppose that the profession was inspired by the name. 'Aptronym' is a term for the expression "name checks".
- ABraidotti 5y agoWhat's the opposite -- where someone has an unfortunate name for their industry? I know of a developer with the last name Null.
- joshuaissac 5y agoInaptronym: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym#Inaptronyms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym#Inaptronyms