synecdochy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From synecdoche + -y.
Noun[edit]
synecdochy (countable and uncountable, plural synecdochies)
- (rhetoric) The use of a synecdoche.
Usage notes[edit]
synecdochy is rarely used; more often synecdoche is used both for the figure of speech and the use of this figure of speech.
Quotations[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:synecdochy.
Synonyms[edit]
- (the use of the figure of speech): synecdoche
Hypernyms[edit]
- metonymy
- Some class synecdochy as a type of metonymy, while others consider them exclusive terms.