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doc Definition of synecdoche
    English to English
    noun
  • substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
  • source: WordNet 3.0
  • A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc.
  • source: Webster 1913
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