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synecdoque.

synecdoche (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part, or a specific kind or instance to represent the general category, or the general category to represent a specific kind or instance, or the constituent material to represent the thing made from it)

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noun/si.nɛk.dɔk/
  1. synecdoche (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part, or a specific kind or instance to represent the general category, or the general category to represent a specific kind or instance, or the constituent material to represent the thing made from it)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin synecdochē, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”).

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