Associations to the word «Synecdoche»
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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.