1) Figure 2) Figure of speech 3) Image 4) Kin of synecdoche 5) Trope 6) Type of Trope
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Metonymy (i {respell|mi|TONN|ə-mee}) is a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is called not by its own name but rather by the name of something associated in meaning with that thing or concept. The words `metonymy` and `metonym` come from the μετωνυμία, metōnymía, `a change of name`, from μετά, metá, `after, beyond...
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figurative use of word to name an attribute of its subject
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a figure of speech in which the poet substitutes a word normally associated with something for the term usually naming that thing (for example, 'big-sky country' for western Canada). The association can be cause-and-effect, attribute-of, instrument-for, etc.
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• (n.) A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections.
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This artistic device occurs when an object, image or phrase, is used to refer to another object and both are in close correlation with one another. For example a metonymy for a pirate might be an eyepatch, or, for Sherlock Holmes, a Deer-Stalker cap and magnifying glass
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(from Greek metnymia, `change of name,` or `misnomer`), figure of speech in which the name of an object or concept is replaced with a word closely ... [2 related articles]
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(mә-ton´ĭ-me) a disturbance of language seen in schizophrenia in which an inappropriate but related term is used instead of the correct one.
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Using a vaguely suggestive, physical object to embody a more general idea. The term metonym also app
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A figure of speech in which the poet substitutes a word normally associated with something for the t
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Me·ton'y·my (me*tŏn'ĭ*mȳ; 277)
noun [ Latin
metonymia , Greek
metwnymi`a ;
meta` , indicating change +
'o`nyma , for
'o`noma a name: confer French
métonymie . See
Name .]
(Rhet.) A trope in which one word...
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Figure of speech where the name of the object being described is substituted for something closely related to it. For example, 'the crown' is often substituted for 'the monarchy'. Other examples include 'the press' for newspapers and 'the bench' for the judiciary.
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Metonymy is a figure in rhetoric by which the name of an idea or thing is substituted for that of another, to which it has a certain relation. Thus the effect is frequently substituted for the cause, as when grey hairs stands for old age; a part for the whole, as when keel is put for the whole ship; the abstract for the concrete, as 'What doth grav...
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substitution of one word for another which it suggests.
*He is a man of the cloth.
*The pen is mightier than the sword.
*By the sweat of thy brow thou shalt eat thy bread.
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n] - substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads`)
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A figure of speech which substitutes one word or phrase for another with which it is closely associated
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Metonymy is a figure of speech that replaces words with related or associated words. A metonym is typically a part of a larger whole, for example, when we say “wheels,” we are figuratively referring to a “car” and not literally only the wheels.
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a figure of speech in which an attribute is substituted for the whole
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noun substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads`)
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Figure of speech that works by association, naming something closely connected with what is meant; for example, calling the theatrical profession `the stage`, horse racing `the turf`, or journalists `the press`. It is related to synecdoche
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a figure of speech in which a word is replaced by something that is associated with it; it may provide a common meaning for that word.
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A type of semantic change in which a single aspect of a meaning or an attribute is used for the entire phenomenon, e.g. Whitehall for the English parliament, Paris for the French government, The White House for the American administration.
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