Words Like SYNECDOCHE
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3 Alternative Words Similar to synecdoche
4 definitions of synecdoche
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In rhetoric, a figure or trope by which the whole of a thing is put for a part, or a part for the whole, as the genus for the species, or the species for the genus, etc.: as, for example, a fleet of ten sail (for ships); a master employing new hands (for workmen). Compare metonymy.
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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.
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The use of synecdoche; synecdochy.
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substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa