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synecdochical

  • a word derived from synecdoche.
    synecdoche
    noun
    a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.

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I used to resent the synecdochical use of the word town.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2023

I asked him how it was that he had become a synecdochical representation of large-scale failure.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2016

Junius answereth him,1007 that the first is the proper signification; the second is metaphorical; the third synecdochical.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie

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