| ADJECTIVE | all | synecdochic, synecdochical | using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part |
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| Meaning | Using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it. | |
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| Example | "to use 'hand' for 'worker' or 'ten sail' for 'ten ships' or 'steel' for 'sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech" | |
| Synonym | synecdochical | |
| Broader | figurative, nonliteral | (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal |
| Spanish | sinecdóquico | |
| Nouns | synecdoche | substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa |
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