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)
Meaning & usage
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)
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin synecdochē, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”).
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