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synecdoche::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | image, trope, figure, figure of speech |
| Derivation | synecdochic, synecdochical |
Examples of synecdoche
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Which, come to think of it, is a synecdoche for the entire mosque debate.
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Western Europeans often simply called it Poland, applying the pars pro toto synecdoche.
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But oil is merely a synecdoche, standing in for classic US imperialism.
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Much as synecdoche, it is understood as a specific kind of metonymy.
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By the way, synecdoche rhymes with Schenectady, the Upstate New York town where the film opens.
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In both types of synecdoche, something has replaced something else, a substitution has taken place.
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The real synecdoche here is Synecdoche, Charlie Kaufman.
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Synecdoche, New York is high-minded, with ambition to burn.
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England was considered a perfectly acceptable synecdoche for the United Kingdom until the 1950s or so.
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- Substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
- A synecdoche (/su026Au02C8nu025Bkdu0259kiu02D0/, si-NEK-du0259-kee; from Greek u03C3u03C5u03BDu03B5u03BAu03B4u03BFu03C7u03AE, synekdoche, lit. "simultaneous understanding") is a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa. A synecdoche is a class of metonymy, often by means of either mentioning a part for the whole or conversely the whole for one of its parts...
- A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole, the whole for a part, the species for the genus, the genus for the species, or the name of the material for the thing made, and similar; The use of synecdoche; synecdochy
- A figure of speech wherein a part of something represents the whole thing. In this figure, the head of a cow might substitute for the whole cow. Therefore, a herd of fifty cows might be referred to as "fifty head of cattle. ...
- Referring to something by just a part of it. "New York won the World Series," instead of "The New York Yankees won the World Series." See also: metonymy.
- An ideogram showing a part of a thing to express the whole thing (the head of an ox is an ox), Champollion's first category of Egyptian hieroglyphs.
- A figure of speech where an example becomes a symbol for a whole or larger classification.
- A figure of speech involving the use of a narrower or a more general term to designate something, e.g. "a sail!" meaning "a ship!" (see also metonymy)
- A part is used to signify the whole, as when a ship's captain calls out, "All hands on deck!" (in which "hand" signifies the whole person of each sailor.). P. B. Shelley's poem, "Ozymandias" is built upon the trope of synecdoche.
