(a) Rhetoric. (A figure of speech characterized by) the action of substituting for a word or phrase denoting an object, action, institution, etc., a…
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > metonymy (9) metonymy1553 (a) Rhetoric. (A figure of speech characterized by) the action of substituting for a word or phrase denoting an object, action, institution, etc., a… transmutation1553 spec. Rhetoric. Transferred use of a word; metonymy. Obsolete. rare. transnomination1561 A change of name; spec. in Rhetoric = metonymy, n. cross-naming1589 metonymy. misnamer1589 Puttenham's word for: metonymy. Cf. surnamer, n. metonym1622 Chiefly Rhetoric. = metonymy, n. Obsolete. Subcategories:— indirect or complex type of (2) — instance of (1) |
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