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metonymy(dictionary)

metonymy (iou)



metonymy noun. M16.
[Late Latin metonymia from Greek metonumia lit. 'change of name', formed as META- + onuma name: see -NYM, -Y3.]
The substitution of a word denoting an attribute or adjunct of a thing for the word denoting the thing itself; an instance of this. M16.
Athenaeum 'Stokes', the name of the inventor..has, by metonymy, come to mean the trench mortar gun itself.
A thing used or regarded as a substitute for or symbol of something else. M20.
meto'nymic adjective of, involving, or used in metonymy L18.
meto'nymical adjective = metonymic M16.
meto'nymically adverb L16.