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adj
Of, relating to, or exhibiting synecdoche.
Using an inclusive term for something included, or vice versa; using the term for a part or component to mean the whole (as "hand" for "laborer") or vice versa (as "the court" for "the judge").
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: synecdochal, synecdochic
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of, relating to, or exhibiting synecdoche.
Of a whole: representing its components; of a part representing the whole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: synecdochal, synecdochic
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: synecdochic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English synecdoche Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English synecdochical From synecdoche + -ical.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
