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Synecdoche (/sɪˈnɛkdəki/ sih-NEK-də-kee)[1] is a type of metonymy; it is a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something is used to refer to the whole (pars pro toto), or vice versa (totum pro parte).[2][3][4][5] The term is derived from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ) 'simultaneous understanding'.[a] Common English synecdoches include suits for businessmen, wheels for automobile, and boots for soldiers. Another example is the use of government buildings to refer to their resident agencies or bodies, such as The Pentagon for the United States Department of Defense[7] and Downing Street or Number 10 for the office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Synecdoche is a rhetorical trope and a kind of metonymy—a figure of speech using a term to denote one thing to refer to a related thing.[8][9] Synecdoche (and thus metonymy) is distinct from metaphor,[10] although in the past, it was considered to be a sub-species of metaphor, intending metaphor as a type of conceptu

Synecdoche - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Figure of speech This article is about the linguistic term. For other uses, see Synecdoche (disambiguation) . A common example of synecdoche: using the term boots to mean " soldiers ", as in the phrase "boots on the ground". Synecdoche is a type of metonymy ; it is a figure of speech that uses a term for a part of something to refer to the whole ( pars pro toto ), or vice versa ( totum pro parte ). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The term is derived from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή ( sunekdokhḗ ) ' simultaneous understanding ' .

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