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metonymy

noun
/mɪˈtɑnəmi/US/mɪˈtɒnəmi/UK

Etymology

From Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

  1. derived from μετωνυμίᾱ
  2. borrowed from metonymia

Definitions

  1. The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to…

    The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.

    • Metonymy does new names impose, And things for things by near relation shews.
    • ...the principle of metonymy is simply to substitute for the plain name of a thing a name or phrase based on something connected with it.

  2. A metonym.

The neighborhood

Derived

metonym, metonymic, metonymically, metonymous

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at metonymy. 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.

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A definitional loop anchored at metonymy. 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 metonymy

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