دیکشنری فارسی

metonymic

ریشه و کاربرد

ریشه

From metonymy + -ic.

مثال

  • The metonymic use of 'crown' to represent the monarchy.
  • Her metonymic expression 'the pen is mightier than the sword' is well-known.
  • The metonymic substitution of 'Wall Street' for businesspeople.

ترکیب‌های رایج

Metonymic expression Metonymic substitution

تعریف انگلیسی

adjective
  1. using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated “to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works”

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