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Definition of synecdoches:
(n) :
(rhetoric) A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part, or a specific kind or instance to represent the general category, or the general category to represent a specific kind or instance, or the constituent material to represent the thing made from it.
(n) :
(rhetoric) The use of this figure of speech.
Definition of synecdoches:
(n) :
(rhetoric) A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part, or a specific kind or instance to represent the general category, or the general category to represent a specific kind or instance, or the constituent material to represent the thing made from it.
(n) :
(rhetoric) The use of this figure of speech.
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