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Metonymy

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Noun

1. metonymy

substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in they counted heads')

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Metonymy

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noun plural -mies
the substitution of a word referring to an attribute for the thing that is meant, as for example the use of the crown to refer to a monarch
Compare synecdoche

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Metonymy

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nounWord forms: plural meˈtonymies
a figure of speech in which the name of one thing is used in place of that of another associated with or suggested by it (Ex.: “the White House” for “the President”)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Metonymy

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n. pl. me·ton·y·mies
A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated, as in the use of Washington for the United States government or of the sword for military power.

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