Metonymy Definition & Meaning
metonymy
- noun
- substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
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"metaphor and metonymy"
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- What does metonymy mean?
- substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
- What part of speech is metonymy?
- Metonymy is a noun.