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Metonymical
has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells. |
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| metonymy (mɪˈtɒnɪmɪ) | |
| —n , pl -mies | |
| Compare synecdoche the substitution of a word referring to an attribute for the thing that is meant, as for example the use of the crown to refer to a monarch | |
| [C16: from Late Latin from Greek: a changing of name, from meta- (indicating change) + onoma name] | |
| metonymical | |
| —adj | |
| meto'nymic | |
| —adj | |
| meto'nymically | |
| —adv | |
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