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Created on 2009-05-02 16:27:57 (#215923), last updated 2025-01-06 (15 weeks ago)
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Name: | metonymy |
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Birthdate: | Aug 24 |
Location: | United States |
metonymy, n.
a. Rhetoric. (A figure of speech characterized by) the action of substituting for a word or phrase denoting an object, action, institution, etc., a word or phrase denoting a property or something associated with it; an instance of this.
b. In extended use: a thing used or regarded as a substitute for or symbol of something else. Also (esp. in Linguistics and Literary Theory): the process of semantic association involved in producing and understanding a metonymy.
c. misadventures of a recovering academic.
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