Definition of Metonyms. Meaning of Metonyms. Synonyms of Metonyms

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- can use metonyms. Metonyms can also be wordless. For example, Roman Jakobson argued that cubist art relied heavily on nonlinguistic metonyms, while surrealist...
- used as a metonym for the country's government. Since metonymy – the process by which metonyms are formed – is a productive process, new metonyms can always...
- The cinema of the United States, primarily ****ociated with major film studios collectively referred to as Hollywood, has significantly influenced the global...
- Hanja: 大韓民國; lit. Great Han Republic) is sometimes used by South Koreans as a metonym to refer to the Korean ethnicity (or "race") as a whole, rather than just...
- to: Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Hollywood...
- "K Street" has become a metonym for lobbying in the United States, the same way Wall Street in New York City became a metonym for the U.S. financial markets...
- the United States Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States A metonym for the federal government of the United States Washington metropolitan...
- The names of the other characters function both as personal names and as metonyms illustrating the different factors that lead to and constitute a love affair...
- Hemisphere. Geopolitically, the term Western Hemisphere is often used as a metonym for the Americas or the "New World", even though geographically the hemisphere...
- sometimes referred to by the metonym "Westminster" or "Whitehall", as many of its offices are situated there. These metonyms are used especially by members...