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What is the name of the literary device when a character’s name also describes his/her personality?


I’m pretty sure it’s not a double entendre. Like if a character named Purity is very pure and innocent…
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Rebecca
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2 Responses to “What is the name of the literary device when a character’s name also describes his/her personality?”

  1. L Says:
    January 5th, 2009 at 6:38 am

    I don’t think there is an actual literary device, or at least a consensus among academics, as to what it’s called. The link below offers “label name”, “speaking name”, and “psychological onomatopoeia”.

  2. Knochen Schinken Says:
    January 8th, 2009 at 9:25 am

    charactonym.

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