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Metonymy
Meaning
Noun
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In Rhetoric & Rhetoric:
The use of a
single
characteristic
or part of an
object
,
concept
or
phenomenon
to
identify
the
entire
object
,
concept
,
phenomenon
or a related
object
.
●
In Figures of speech, Rhetoric & Semantics:
A metonym.
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Origin
metonymy
English
metonymia
Latin
μετονομασία
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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