Designation and Origin

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Designation noun - A word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known.

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Origin and designation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Origin" instead a noun "Designation".

Origin noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.

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Designation and origin are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Designation" instead a noun "Origin".

human	human designation	human origin
clear	clear designation	clear origin
similar	similar designation	similar origin
original	original designation	original origin
Other adjectives: true, proper, actual, real, new, vague, official, different, scientific, cultural, previous, ethnic.

In Sergey Lukyanenko's Rough Draft and Final Draft, all parallel worlds have a numerical designation, the origin of which is not known.

Source: Numbered Homeworld
Planet of origin, galactic coordinates, species designation according to the universal ratification of the Shadow Proclamation!

Source: Vagueness Is Coming
In the Big Finish Doctor Who drama Spare Parts, generally regarded as the definitive Cybermen origin story, it's revealed that the name of the Cybermen comes from the Mondasian cultural practice of adding "man" as a suffix to any designation of a person, eg "Doctorman", "Sisterman", etc.

Source: Hyperaffixation

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