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Metonymy

nounid 92095·updated May 18, 2026
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substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')

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Variants

plural
Metonymies
possessive
Metonymy's
pluralpossessive
Metonymies'

Framework definitions

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substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')

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