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Metonymy (/mɪˈtɒnɪmi, mɛ-/) is a
figure of
speech in
which a
concept is
referred to by the name of
something closely ****ociated with that
thing or concept...
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other types of
figurative language, such as antithesis, hyperbole,
metonymy, and simile. “Figurative
language examples include “similes, metaphors...
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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...
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Synecdoche (/sɪˈnɛkdəki/ sih-NEK-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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original on
March 12, 2012.
Retrieved February 9, 2017. "Definition of
Metonymy". Chegg.
Archived from the
original on July 31, 2020.
Retrieved November...
- - A kind of
metonymy in
which an
epithet or
phrase takes the
place of a
proper name.
Synecdoche – A
literary device,
related to
metonymy and metaphor...
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referring to the
whole using only one of its
attributes – i.e.
using a
metonymy. For example, in a
single computer system, this
would be the computer's...
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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...
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Habsburg monarchy (of the
Austrian branch) is
often called "Austria" by
metonymy.
Around 1700, the
Latin term
monarchia austriaca came into use as a term...
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against his
feminist critics.[citation needed]
Lacan aligns desire with
metonymy and the
slide of
signifiers above the bar, 'indicating that it is the connection...
