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SYNECDOCHIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does synecdochic mean? 

SYNECDOCHIC (adjective)
  The adjective SYNECDOCHIC has 1 sense:

1. using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of itplay

  Familiarity information: SYNECDOCHIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SYNECDOCHIC (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it

Synonyms:

synecdochic; synecdochical

Context example:

to use 'hand' for 'worker' or 'ten sail' for 'ten ships' or 'steel' for 'sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech

Similar:

figurative; nonliteral ((used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech)

Derivation:

synecdoche (substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa)


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