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Metonymy

Metonymy (/mɪˈtɒnɪmi, mɛ-/) is a figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something associated with that thing or concept. For example, the word "suit" may refer to a person from groups commonly seen wearing business attire, such as business executives, bankers, or lawyers.

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Metonymy

Nodes127
Edges126
Triples31
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015748
Components1

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Metonymy

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related to Versus metaphor · 14
Metonymy → Arabic, English, Furthermore, Ghil'ad Zuckermann, Hebrew, In, Israeli, On, Some, The, There, When, Yiddish, Zuckermann
related to background · 11
Metonymy → American, Both, Burke, Grammar, He, In, Kenneth Burke, Motives, Polysemy, Synecdoche, Whereas Roman Jakobson
related to Etymology · 2
Metonymy → Greekμετωνυμία, The
is a · 1
Metonymy → figure of speech in some poetry and in much rhetoric
related to Examples · 1
Metonymy → Below

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Metonymyis afigure of speech in some poetry and in much rhetoric0.90text
Arabicinstance offrom languages0.80text
English.Two examples using the terminstance offrom languages0.80text
Metonymyrelated to backgroundSynecdoche0.60section
Metonymyrelated to backgroundPolysemy0.60section
Metonymyrelated to backgroundBoth0.60section
Metonymyrelated to backgroundIn0.60section
Metonymyrelated to backgroundAmerican0.60section
Metonymyrelated to backgroundKenneth Burke0.60section
Metonymyrelated to backgroundHe0.60section
Metonymyrelated to backgroundGrammar0.60section
Metonymyrelated to backgroundMotives0.60section

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