"synecdochy" meaning in All languages combined

See synecdochy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: synecdochies [plural]
Etymology: From synecdoche + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|synecdoche|y}} synecdoche + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} synecdochy (countable and uncountable, plural synecdochies)
  1. (rhetoric) The use of a synecdoche. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Figures of speech Synonyms: the use of the figure of speech [synecdoche] Hypernyms (metonymy): Some class synecdochy as a type of metonymy, while others consider them exclusive terms

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