honorific
C939
concept
An honorific is a title, word, or expression used to convey respect, deference, or social status when addressing or referring to a person.
All labels observed (78)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| honorific title | 481 |
| religious title | 161 |
| post-nominal letters | 91 |
| honorific canonical | 87 |
| honorific style | 62 |
| honorific suffix | 62 |
| honorific nickname | 47 |
| honorific epithet | 46 |
| post-nominal title | 41 |
| style of address | 28 |
| posthumous title | 18 |
| formal title | 10 |
| religious honorific title | 7 |
| Japanese honorific title | 6 |
| Latin honorific | 6 |
| honorific name | 6 |
| messianic title | 6 |
| Arabic honorific | 5 |
| post‑nominal letters | 5 |
| Arabic-language honorific | 4 |
| Christian honorific title | 4 |
| honorific abbreviation | 4 |
| Indian honorific | 3 |
| ecclesiastical honorific style | 3 |
| female honorific title | 3 |
| honorary designation | 3 |
| honorary membership category | 3 |
| honorific designation | 3 |
| honorific distinction | 3 |
| German honorific | 2 |
| German-language honorific | 2 |
| Persian honorific | 2 |
| ecclesiastical honorific | 2 |
| female honorific | 2 |
| honorific prefix | 2 |
| honorific system | 2 |
| honorificName | 2 |
| order of honour | 2 |
| political honorific | 2 |
| Buddhist honorific | 1 |
| Catholic honorific | 1 |
| Christian honorific | 1 |
| English honorific | 1 |
| Greek honorific title | 1 |
| Honorific | 1 |
| Jewish honorific | 1 |
| LinguisticHonorificSystem | 1 |
| Odia-language honorific | 1 |
| Philippine honorific post-nominal title | 1 |
| Punjabi honorific | 1 |
| Shia honorific | 1 |
| Turkish honorific | 1 |
| dignity | 1 |
| form of courtesy title | 1 |
| formal style of address | 1 |
| hereditary honorific | 1 |
| honorific epithet of God | 1 |
| honorific form of address | 1 |
| honorific given name | 1 |
| honorific political title | 1 |
| honorific term | 1 |
| honorific theological title | 1 |
| honorificTitle | 1 |
| imperial honor | 1 |
| imperial honorific practice | 1 |
| legal honorific | 1 |
| literary honorific title | 1 |
| medieval honorific style | 1 |
| noble honorific | 1 |
| official honorary title | 1 |
| polite term | 1 |
| professional honorific title | 1 |
| religious honorific name | 1 |
| reverential term | 1 |
| scholastic honorific title | 1 |
| scientific honorific title | 1 |
| term of address | 1 |
| term of respect | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: honorific
Generated description
An honorific is a title, word, or expression used to convey respect, deference, or social status when addressing or referring to a person.
Instances (1,157)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| OON | post-nominal title |
| MON | honorific suffix |
| CON | post-nominal letters |
| Bom Jesus | religious title |
|
Publicola (friend of the people)
surface form:
Publicola
|
honorific title |
| Lord Arklow | style of address |
| FNA | scientific honorific title |
| Domitia Augusta | honorific title |
| La Ciudad Señora | honorific nickname |
| S.D.B. | post-nominal letters |
| SDB | religious title |
| Umm Harun | honorific title |
| Apostle of Democracy | honorific nickname |
| King of Country Music | honorific title |
| His Sharifian Majesty | — |
| Elder | — |
| King of the Jews | honorific title |
| Heroica e Histórica Cuautla | honorific title |
| Young Marshal of Northeast China | honorific nickname |
| MNZM | post-nominal letters |
|
Ogemaw (Chippewa term for chief)
surface form:
Ogemaw
|
— |
| Adishvara | religious honorific title |
| Lord of the Beginning | religious title |
| Jefe Máximo | honorific title |
| Mrs Hobson | honorific title |
| GNZM | post-nominal title |
| CNZM | post-nominal title |
| ONZM | post-nominal letters |
| NZOM | honorific suffix |
| BEM | post-nominal letters |
| OLL | post-nominal letters |
| NS | post-nominal title |
| O.N.S. | post-nominal title |
| the God-receiver | honorific title |
| The Greatest Showman of Indian Cinema | honorific title |
| Punjab Kesari | honorific title |
| Martia Victrix | honorific title |
| Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects | post-nominal title |
| Abu Turab | honorific title |
| Prince of the Presence | honorific title |
| Lesser YHWH | honorific title |
| Tata Lázaro | honorific nickname |
| The Most Noble | honorific style |
| OC | post-nominal letters |
| Sher-e-Bangla | honorific title |
| Living Buddha of Mongolia | religious title |
| Order of the Double Dragon | imperial honor |
| Sublime Paralytic | honorific nickname |
| National Hero of the Philippines | honorific title |
| Queen of Tejano Music | honorific title |