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