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Metonymy (pronounced /mɨˈtɒnɨmi/ ) is a figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that...
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A word or phrase used in place of another with which it is closely associated. ... A steering wheel would be a good metonym for driving, a violin a good metonym for a classical orchestra, bread a good metonym for a baker's shop, a file folder a good metonym for organizing documents in a computer.
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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary ... [edit] Derived terms ... Singular; metonym...
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Metonym: A word used in metonymy. ... This is especially true in times of crises, where the sporting conflict serves as metonym for the wider political or humanitarian reality. — Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase...
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Reference to something or someone by naming one of its attributes ... The pen is mightier than the sword; The pen is an attribute of thoughts that are written with a pen; the sword is an attribute of military action ... We await word from the crown.
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