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Deutsche Synekdoche {f} (rhetorische Figur) / Synekdochen {pl} Synonyme

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Englische synecdoche; syndoche; synechdoche Synonyme

synecdoche Definition

Synecdoche
(n.) A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc.

synecdoche Bedeutung

synecdoche substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
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A synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa. A synecdoche is a class of metonymy, often by means of either mentioning a part for the whole or conversely the whole for one of its parts. Examples from common English expressions include "bread and butter" , "suits" , and "boots" , or conversely "America" .

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