Associations to the word «Synecdoche»

Wiktionary

SYNECDOCHE, noun. (figure of speech) A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole.
SYNECDOCHE, noun. (rhetoric) The use of this figure of speech; synecdochy.

Dictionary definition

SYNECDOCHE, noun. Substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa.

Wise words

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
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