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metonymy
[ mi-ton-uh-mee ]
noun
- a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as 鈥渟cepter鈥 for 鈥渟overeignty,鈥 or 鈥渢he bottle鈥 for 鈥渟trong drink,鈥 or 鈥渃ount heads (or noses)鈥 for 鈥渃ount people.鈥
metonymy
/ 藢m蓻t蓹藞n瑟m瑟k蓹l; m瑟藞t蓲n瑟m瑟 /
noun
- the substitution of a word referring to an attribute for the thing that is meant, as for example the use of the crown to refer to a monarch Compare synecdoche
Derived Forms
- 藢尘别迟辞藞苍测尘颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
- metonymical, adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of metonymy1
Compare Meanings
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Example Sentences
The closing credits begin unspooling over an image of a little girl鈥檚 shoes catching fire and burning up, a grimly poetic metonymy of the Gallardos鈥 tragic back story.
Conversation with him quickly soars into rare air: subjectivity and objectivity, metonymy and metaphor.
It is a metonymy that suggests that the irreducible lives and fates of the dispossessed are not this show鈥檚 concern, and certainly haven鈥檛 been 鈥渞ecovered鈥 as we were promised at the outset.
The weapon鈥檚 power 鈥 to destroy all computers on board the American ships, rendering them utterly isolated 鈥 works as a kind of metonymy for the book鈥檚 argument about America鈥檚 waning global influence.
And I argue that even though he鈥檚 world-famous and globally acclaimed, he鈥檚 really underrated for the kind of sophisticated nuanced deployment of homophones, metonymy, simile, metaphor, braggadocio, allusion.
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