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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 “scepter†for “sovereignty,†or “the bottle†for “strong drink,†or “count heads (or noses)†for “count people.â€


metonymy

/ ˌmɛtəˈnɪmɪkəl; mɪˈtɒnɪmɪ /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ³¾±ð³Ù´Çˈ²Ô²â³¾¾±³¦²¹±ô±ô²â, adverb
  • metonymical, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of metonymy1

First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin ³¾±ð³ÙŲԲ⳾¾±²¹, from Greek ³¾±ð³ÙŲԲ⳾í²¹ “change of nameâ€; met-, -onym, -y 3
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˜yÐÄvlog 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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Example Sentences

The closing credits begin unspooling over an image of a little girl’s shoes catching fire and burning up, a grimly poetic metonymy of the Gallardos’ 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’s concern, and certainly haven’t been “recovered†as we were promised at the outset.

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The weapon’s power — to destroy all computers on board the American ships, rendering them utterly isolated — works as a kind of metonymy for the book’s argument about America’s waning global influence.

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And I argue that even though he’s world-famous and globally acclaimed, he’s really underrated for the kind of sophisticated nuanced deployment of homophones, metonymy, simile, metaphor, braggadocio, allusion.

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