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synecdochically

  • 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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Han also thanked the South Korean film industry, synecdochically referred to as “Chungmuro,” the name of a neighborhood in Seoul.

From Slate Feb. 9, 2020

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