Synecdoche

Synecdoche (/sɪˈnɛkdəki/ sin-EK-də-kee)^[1] is a type of metonymy; it is a figure of speech that uses a term for a part of something to refer to the whole (pars pro toto), or vice versa (totum pro parte).^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] The term is derived from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ) 'simultaneous understanding'.^[a] Common English synecdoches include suits for businessmen, wheels for automobile, and boots for soldiers.

^ Wells, John C. (2008). "synecdoche". Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 9781405881180.)
^ "synecdoche". Oxford English Dictionary. 1998 – via University of Pennsylvania.
^ Clifton, N. R. (1983). The Figure on Film. University of Delaware Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-87413-189-5. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
^ Klawitter, George. "Synecdoche". St. Edward's University. Archived from the original on 13 October 2008.
^ "synecdoche". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
^ "συνεκ-δοχή, ἡ, A. understanding one thing with another: hence in Rhet., synecdoche, an indirect mode of expression, when the whole is put for a part Quint.Inst. 8.6.19, Aristid.Quint. 2.9, Ps.-Plu.Vit.Hom. 22." Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. Revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of Roderick McKenzie. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1940.

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[1] Wells, John C. (2008). "synecdoche". Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 9781405881180.)

[2] "synecdoche". Oxford English Dictionary. 1998 – via University of Pennsylvania.

[3] Clifton, N. R. (1983). The Figure on Film. University of Delaware Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-87413-189-5. Retrieved 19 May 2013.

[4] Klawitter, George. "Synecdoche". St. Edward's University. Archived from the original on 13 October 2008.

[5] "synecdoche". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

[6] "συνεκ-δοχή, ἡ, A. understanding one thing with another: hence in Rhet., synecdoche, an indirect mode of expression, when the whole is put for a part Quint.Inst. 8.6.19, Aristid.Quint. 2.9, Ps.-Plu.Vit.Hom. 22." Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. Revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of Roderick McKenzie. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1940.

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