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syn·ec·do·che

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–noun Rhetoric.

a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.

[Origin: 1350–1400; < ML < Gk synekdoch, equiv. to syn- syn- + ekdoch act of receiving from another, equiv. to ek- ec- + -doché, n. deriv. of déchesthai to receive

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syn·ec·doch·ic

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syn·ec·doch·i·cal·ly, adverb

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syn·ec·do·che Audio Help (sĭ-něk'də-kē) Pronunciation Key
n. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword).

[Middle English synodoches, from Medieval Latin synodoche, alteration of Latin synecdochē, from Greek sunekdokhē, from sunekdekhesthai, to take on a share of : sun-, syn- + ekdekhesthai, to understand (ek-, out of; see eghs in Indo-European roots + dekhesthai, to take; see dek- in Indo-European roots).]

syn'ec·doch'ic (sĭn'ěk-dŏk'ĭk), syn'ec·doch'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.

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synecdoche

1388, "part for whole or vice versa," from M.L. synodoche, from L.L. synecdoche, from Gk. synekdokhe, lit. "a receiving together or jointly," from synekdekhesthai "supply a thought or word, take with something else," from syn- "with" + ek "out" + dekhesthai "to receive," related to dokein "seem good" (see decent).

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synecdoche
noun
substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa

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