synecdochy
English
Etymology
From synecdoche + -y.
Noun
synecdochy (countable and uncountable, plural synecdochies)
- (rhetoric) The use of a synecdoche.
Usage notes
synecdochy is rarely used; more often synecdoche is used both for the figure of speech and the use of this figure of speech.
Quotations
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:synecdochy.
Synonyms
- (the use of the figure of speech): synecdoche
Hypernyms
- metonymy
- Some class synecdochy as a type of metonymy, while others consider them exclusive terms.