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English
Etymology
From synecdoche + -y.
Noun
synecdochy (countable and uncountable, plural synecdochies)
- (rhetoric) The use of a synecdoche.
Usage notes
synecdochy is rarely used; more often synecdoche is used both for the figure of speech and the use of this figure of speech.
Quotations
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- metonymy
- Some class synecdochy as a type of metonymy, while others consider them exclusive terms.