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metonymy N

metonymy LIT
metonymy LIT

arbitrary metonymy LING

metonymy of described LING

metonymy of quality LING

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English
Sometimes, metaphor and metonymy may both be at work in the same figure of speech, or one could interpret a phrase metaphorically or metonymically.
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The word draws its metonymy from the pseudoscience of phrenology, and was originally simply a physical descriptor.
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The figure of speech is a metonymy of a metonymy.
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In the heroic age, metonymy and synecdoche support the development of feudal or monarchic institutions embodied by idealized figures.
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