synecdoche
A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole,…A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part, or a specific kind or instance to represent the general category, or the general category to represent a specific kind or instance, or the constituent material to represent the thing made from it.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part, or a specific kind or instance to represent the general category, or the general category to represent a specific kind or instance, or the constituent material to represent the thing made from it.
Synekdoche
сине́кдохаsinékdoxa
сине́кдохаsynékdoxa
(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)The use of this figure of speech.
- substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin synecdochē, from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving togetBorrowed from Latin synecdochē, from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”) from σύν (sún, “with”) + ἐκ (ek, “out of”) + δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, “to accept”), this last element related to δοκέω (dokéō, “to think, suppose, seem”).
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Forms
plural: synecdochesSynonyms
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12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable