Definition of METONYMY

metonymy

Meanings

Plural: metonymies

Noun

  • substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
  • The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.
  • A metonym.

Origin / Etymology

From Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

Scrabble Score: 18

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