metonym
nounEtymology
Back-formation from metonymy.
Definitions
A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related…
A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy.
- Calling a government a "city hall" is using a metonym.
- ...to say that "New York was thrown into a state of great excitement," when we mean the inhabitants of New York, is technically to use the metonym of putting "the container for the thing contained."
A concept, idea, or word used to represent, typify, or stand in for a broader set of…
A concept, idea, or word used to represent, typify, or stand in for a broader set of ideas.
- See also: symbol, model, microcosm, archetype, exemplar, proxy
- Chapter 1, using the railway as a metonym, explored the relationship between past and present, and argued that diachronic, or historical, time was dissolved in the proliferation of present moments, or synchronic time.
The neighborhood
- synonymsynonym
- neighbordemonym
- neighbormononym
- neighbormeronym
- neighbormetanym
- neighbortroponym
- neighborsynecdoche
Derived
metonymic, metonymical, metonymically, metonymize, metonymous, metonymy
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at metonym. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at metonym. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at metonym
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA