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sontag

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: S AA1 N T AE2 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

United States writer (born in 1933)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Susan Sontag

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: writer, author

History

Etymology

After Henriette Sontag (1806–1854), German soprano singer.

Real reading context

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