Synecdoche

Language: English
Pronunciation: syn-ec-doche
Part of Speech: noun

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A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part.

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"substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa"

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