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Metonymy (/mɪˈtɒnɪmi, mɛ-/) is a
figure of
speech in
which a
concept is
referred to by the name of
something ****ociated with that
thing or concept. For...
- with
other types of
figurative language, such as antithesis, hyperbole,
metonymy, and simile.
According to Grammarly, "Figurative
language examples include...
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Synecdoche (/sɪˈnɛkdəki/ sin-EK-də-kee) is a type of
metonymy; it is a
figure of
speech that uses a term for a part of
something to
refer to the whole...
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Metaphor (drawing a
similarity between two things) and
metonymy (drawing a
contiguity between two things) are two
fundamental opposite poles along which...
- the idom from
which it derives.
Harold Bloom called metalepsis a "
metonymy of a
metonymy"
because it uses part of an
established trope to
refer to the whole...
- the
government of the
country of
which it is the capital, as a form of
metonymy. For example, the "relations
between London and Washington"
refers to the...
- A
grand duchy is a
country or
territory whose official head of
state or
ruler is a
monarch bearing the
title of
grand duke or
grand duchess.
Prior to the...
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metaphor to be too much
while others may find it
perfectly reasonable.
Metonymy – A
trope through proximity or correspondence. For example,
referring to...
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original on
March 12, 2012.
Retrieved February 9, 2017. "Definition of
Metonymy". Chegg.
Archived from the
original on July 31, 2020.
Retrieved November...
- by
linguist Roman Jakobson in his
influential article on
metaphor and
metonymy.
Comparing the
linguistic evidence to Freud's
account of the dream-work...
