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1. (n.) synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for
a rich man.
Etymology: (1350–1400; < L
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1. (noun) synecdoche
substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
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1. (noun) synecdoche
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
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