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Synecdoche vs Parsprototo - What's the difference?

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synecdoche

English

(wikipedia synecdoche)

Alternative forms

* syndoche, synechdoche

Noun

(en noun)
  • (figure of speech) A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole.
  • * 2002 , (Christopher Hitchens), "Martin Amis: Lightness at Midnight", The Atlantic , Sep 2002:
    • "Holocaust" can become a tired syndecdoche for war crimes in general.
  • (rhetoric) The use of this figure of speech; synecdochy.

    • Synonyms

    * (part for the whole) pars pro toto

    Hypernyms

    * metonymy

    Derived terms

    * synecdochy * synecdochic * synecdochical * synecdochically

    Related terms

    * docetism * meronymy

    See also

    * metaphor * metonymy * (wikipedia "synecdoche") ----

    parsprototo

    Not English

    Parsprototo has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'parsprototo':

    precipitato