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metonymy

[ mi-ton-uh-mee ]

noun

Rhetoric.
  1. 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

  1. 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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢尘别迟辞藞苍测尘颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
  • metonymical, adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of metonymy1

First recorded in 1540鈥50; from Latin 尘别迟艒苍测尘颈补, from Greek 尘别迟艒苍测尘铆补 鈥渃hange of name鈥; met-, -onym, -y 3
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of metonymy1

C16: from Late Latin from Greek: a changing of name, from meta- (indicating change) + onoma name
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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.

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Conversation with him quickly soars into rare air: subjectivity and objectivity, metonymy and metaphor.

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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.

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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.

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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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