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synecdoche


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Synecdoche  \Syn*ec"do*che\  (s[i^]n*[e^]k"d[-o]*k[-e]),  n.  [L. 
  synecdoche,  Gr  synekdochh`,  fr  to  receive  jointly;  sy`n 
  with  +  ?  to  receive;  ?  out  +  ?  to  receive.]  (Rhet.) 
  A  figure  or  trope  by  which  a  part  of  a  thing  is  put  for  the 
  whole  (as,  fifty  sail  for  fifty  ships),  or  the  whole  for  a 
  part  (as,  the  smiling  year  for  spring),  the  species  for  the 
  genus  (as,  cutthroat  for  assassin),  the  genus  for  the  species 
  (as,  a  creature  for  a  man),  the  name  of  the  material  for  the 
  thing  made  etc  --Bain. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  synecdoche 
  n  :  substituting  a  more  inclusive  term  for  a  less  inclusive  one 
  or  vice  versa 




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