APA Dictionary of Psychology
metonymy
- n.
- a figure of speech in which not the literal word but one associated with it is used, as the sword for war. Synecdoche is the form of metonymy in which a whole is represented by a part or vice versa, as in referring to a laborer as a hand or a police officer as the police.
- in speech pathology, a disturbance in which imprecise or inappropriate words and expressions are used. —metonymic adj.
Updated on 04/19/2018
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