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metonymy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | figure, figure of speech, image, trope |
| Has types | metalepsis |
| Derivation | metonymical |
Examples of metonymy
metonymy
Metonymy has never appeared in my database but its back-formation METONYM has.
From the wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com
Metonymy, however, Jennifer Hansen-Glucklich argues, is not without its own problems.
From the en.wikipedia.org
By metonymy the Latin word then came to mean a guest-chamber, guest's lodging, an inn.
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Much as synecdoche, it is understood as a specific kind of metonymy.
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Schengen illustrates nuance and persistent metonymy in treaty names.
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Metonymy is an aspect of the English language and of other languages.
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I am aware of the meaning of metonymy, but cannot find anywhere a definition of inverse metonymy.
From the guardian.co.uk
Metonymy also may be instructively contrasted with metaphor.
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By metonymy, the term can refer to the university as a whole.
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- Substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
- (metonymic) using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated; "to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works"
- Metonymy is a figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept. ...
- The use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object; A metonym
- A figure of speech in which a word represents something else which it suggests. For example in a herd of fifty cows, the herd might be referred to as fifty head of cattle. The word "head" is the word representing the herd. Return to Menu
- Using a physical object to embody a more general idea. For example crown is a metonym as it refers to royalty or the entire royal family. Also stating "the pen is mightier than the sword", suggests that the power of education and writing is more potent for changing the world than violence. ...
- A figure of speech involving the designation of something by means of something else usually related or in close contact or proximity to it e.g. "wheels" meaning "automobile" (see also synecdoche).
- Like synecdoche, this term refers to figurative language that uses particular words to represent something else with which they are associated. Metonymy is when one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated ("crown" or "sceptre" stands duty for "monarch").
- Referring to a concept by an attribute of it. For example, the crown referring to a monarch. See also synecdoche.
