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.