| NOUN | communication | synecdoche | substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa |
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| Meaning | Substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa. | |
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| Broader | trope, figure of speech, figure, image | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
| Usage | face | A part of a person that is used to refer to a person |
| hearth, fireside | home symbolized as a part of the fireplace | |
| Spanish | sinécdoque | |
| Catalan | sinècdoque | |
| Adjectives | synecdochic, synecdochical | using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part |
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