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by the name of

Meaning

by the name of

Having a certain name; called.
A woman by the name of Jill.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of "speculation"; but which ought to be called Gambling. William Cobbett

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them! Albert Einstein

They are in you and me; they created us, body and mind; and their preservation is the ultimate rationale for our existence. They have come a long way, those replicators. Now they go by the name of genes, and we are their survival machines. Richard Dawkins

Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause - and of obstinacy in a bad one. Laurence Sterne

Socrates used to call the opinions of the many by the name of Lamiae, bugbears to frighten children. Marcus Aurelius

Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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