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Metonymic
METONYM'IC
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metonymic
metonymic
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Adjective
metonymic (comparative more metonymic, superlative most metonymic)
- Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.
- The British government is often referred to by the metonymic expression "Downing Street".
- 1999, Udo Hahn & Katja Markert, "On the Formal Distinction between Literal and Figurative Language", Progress in Artificial Intelligence: 9th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, page 140
- With a metonymic expression encountered in almost every sixth utterance, an uncontroversial need for dealing with this problem is demonstrated.
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Noun
metonymic (plural metonymics)
- A metonym.
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metonym — see metonym