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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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Etymology of 'Metonymy'

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"Metonymy" Quotes from Famous Books

... the apostles, prophets, and teachers are here set down concretely, and not abstractly, and are confessed to be three distinct orders enumerated: so all the other five, though set down abstractly, are (by a metonymy of the adjunct for the subject) to be understood concretely, helps for helpers; governments for governors, &c.; otherwise we shall here charge the apostle with a needless impertinent tautology in this chapter, for he had formerly spoken of these gifts ...

— The Divine Right of Church Government • Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London

Words linked to "Metonymy" : image, figure of speech, metonymical, trope, metalepsis, figure, voice